Beattie H Fleenor

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-25588.jpeg UPL 25588 Beattie H. Fleenor, 93rd Bomb Group

Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25115

Object Number - UPL 25588 - Beattie H. Fleenor, 93rd Bomb Group

Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). According to Stewart pilot Fleenor was flying an H model B24 which was the first to arrive from the states. Earlier on 26 February 1943 B-24 41-23734 'Night Raider' crashed landed on return to Britain with 3 crew members wounded in action. The landing was at RAF Ludham, Norfolk. All crew members were returned to action and plane was salvagable.



DFC/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Missouri Sue
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kansas

Buried

Brittany American Cemetery, Saint James, France (Wall of the Missing)

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

English Channel 16 April 1943

Revisions

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Sources

ABMC; MACR 15703, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 pp. 81-2 and 104. Ted's Traveling Circus picture p. 78 -82 includes pictures and page 94. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15730 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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