Cleo Oliver Beaty
Military
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UPL 54416
2nd Lt Cleo O. Beaty, 474FG.
Via 'USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries' FB page
Assigned to 428FS, 474FG, 9AF USAAF. Fatal crash 3 x miles N/E of Charleroi in P-38 42-68146 6-Feb-45 Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: My Lightning Baby
- Unit: 474th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron 428th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Grove, OK | 21 April 1924 | Son of Ralph and Nancy Beaty. |
Died |
3 miles NE Charleroi | 6 February 1945 | |
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium | |
Based |
Warmwell | 6 February 1945 | Assigned to 428FS, 474FG, 9AF USAAF. |