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Peter Newlands Beet Jr

Military

  • 1LT Burton C. Smith (left) 1LT Peter N. Beet (right) Both pilots with the 47th BG - 97th BS - 12th AF Beet was KIA on 6 July 1943

    1LT Burton C. Smith (left) 1LT Peter N. Beet (right) Both pilots with the 47th BG - 97th BS - 12th AF Beet was KIA on 6 July 1943

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Events

Event Location Date
Born New York, NY 18 April 1920
Lived in Croton-On-Hudson, NY 1 July 1941

83 Cleveland Drive

Was enrolled as a student at Syracuse University
Enlisted New York, NY 4 November 1941
Died Sciacca, Italy 6 July 1943

Witnesses said that his aircraft took a direct flak hit very near the cockpit and that Beet was last seen slumped over the controls. The aircraft hit the ground with no one bailing out.
Buried Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery 24 June 1949

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Plot
SECTION 82 SITE 212
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
O-790777
Highest rank
First Lieutenant
Role/job
Pilot
Awards
  • Air Medal
  • American Campaign Medal
  • European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
  • Purple Heart
  • World War II Victory Medal

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
14 January 2021 23:16:55 466thHistorian Changes to events
Sources

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2590/images/40479_18211...
Date Contributor Update
14 January 2021 22:57:53 466thHistorian Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, suffix, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, events, unit associations and place associations
Sources

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44028_02_00...
http://www.47thbombgroup.org/macr/75.html

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