Richard Norton Beaty

Military
media-49414.jpeg UPL 49414 1st Lt Richard Norton Beaty

Object Number - UPL 49414 - 1st Lt Richard Norton Beaty

Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, Morlaix disaster, crash landed in his Spitfire IX BS148 in a field near Kingsbridge, Devon due to fuel starvation. Critically injured, but survived his injuries. 26-9-42.



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: No 133 'Eagle' Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

30 January 1920

Other

Crashed

Kingsbridge, Devon, UK 26 September 1942 Morlaix disaster, crash landed in his Spitfire IX BS148 in a field near Kingsbridge, Devon due to fuel starvation. Critically injured, but survived his injuries. 26-9-42.

Died

26 February 1965

Buried

Greenwood Union Cemetery Rye, Westchester County, NY 28 February 1965 Greenwood Union Cemetery Rye, Westchester County, New York

Other

Joined RAFVR

Canada Joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

Other

Assigned

Biggin Hill, London SE19 3HY, UK 26 September 1942 Assigned to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF.

Revisions

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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html

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ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons
https://1942morlaixdisaster.wordpress.com/the-pilots/

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons
https://1942morlaixdisaster.wordpress.com/the-pilots/

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