Van John E Beran
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot up by a fighter and made an emergency landing north of Lingen, GR on a mission to target airfields in the Rheine/Osnabruck area of GR on 21 Feb 1944 in B-17F 42-3040 'Miss Ouachita'. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Ouachita
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in action |
Germany | 21 February 1944 | |
Born |
Madison, Wisconsin | ||
Buried |
Wisconsin |
Revisions
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
Merged with duplicate record to include information from :
- MACR 2457 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2457, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces