John Beyer
Military | Flight Officer | Pilot | 34th Bomb Group
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Bernard Alvan Flanigan
Military
Service
Units served with
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34th Bomb Group
Group
After forming part of the American defence force, first on America's east coast and then on its west, the Group was assigned to the Eighth Air Force in April 1944 and entered combat in May 1944. The Group helped with the preparation for the Normandy... -
391st Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Associated Place
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Cluntoe
Military site : airfield
Cluntoe was built for the RAF in 1940-42, before being handed obver to the Eighth Air Force. It was used as a Combat Crew Replacement Centre for the training of crews, and was also home to the 311th Ferrying Squadron. It was closed after being handed... -
Mendlesham
Military site : airfield
Built in 1942-1943, Mendlesham's first flying unit was the RAF's No. 310 Squadron - a Czechoslovakian unit. The airfield then became home to the USAAF 34th Bomb Group. This unit flew missions from Mendlesham in B-24s and B-17s.
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Robertsdale, PA | 24 February 1921 |
| Enlisted | Harrisburg, PA | 9 July 1940 |
| Based | Cluntoe | 26 May 1944 |
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assigned with his crew to the 2nd CCR&TS for combat crew training |
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| Based | Mendlesham | June 1944 |
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34th BG |
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| Lived in | Huntingdon, PA | 1950 |
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1225 Mifflin Street |
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| Died | McVeytown, PA | 26 February 2006 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 11 September 2019 22:04:31 | 466thHistorian | Changes to media associations |
| Sources | ||
SO#142, HQ AAF Station 238, 26 May 1944 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 11 September 2019 22:03:46 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, role, events and place associations |
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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3147&h=498109&t... https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3693&h=77491070... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:04:27 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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1996 34th BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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