Vernon M Beesley

Military
media-48630.jpeg UPL 48630 2nd Lt Vernon M Beesley.

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Object Number - UPL 48630 - 2nd Lt Vernon M Beesley.

Assigned to 496FTG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 67FW, 8AF USAAF. Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 364th Fighter Group stand in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 303rd Bomb Group at Honington in 1945. Printed caption on reverse: '71620 AC- Colgate Relay Crew of the 364th Fighter Group, 67th Fighter Wing at 8th AFS F-375, Honnington [sic], England. 5/7/45. U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO.'

67th Fighter Wing

  • Unit Hierarchy: Wing
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Dallas, TX, USA 9 June 1942 Dallas, Texas

Other

Transferred

King's Cliffe, Peterborough PE8, UK 13 April 1944 - 11 October 1944 Transferred to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Crashed

Podington, Wellingborough NN29, UK 23 April 1944 Crash-landed Podington on return from ops in P-38J 42-67427 - 2Lt Vernon Beesley. 23-Apr-44.

Other

Transferred

11 October 1944 - 30 October 1944 Transferred to 67FW, 8AF USAAF.

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK 30 October 1944 Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).

Based

Goxhill 13 April 1944 Assigned to 496FTG, 8AF USAAF.

Born

Dallas County, TX, USA

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- King's Cliffe Memorial Edition

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Object number: UPL 48630 - 2nd Lt Vernon M Beesley.