Don Martin Beebe
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
"U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Kilgore High School; Year: 1940
Object Number - UPL 49608 - Don Martin Beebe. 1940
Killed in Action (KIA) near Teplitz in B-17 'Green Hill' #4338958
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Green Hill Belle
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 April 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Oklahoma, USA | 8 February 1924 | Parents: Frederick Martin Beebe and Edith Naomi Agar Beebe |
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Enlisted |
Tyler, Texas | 10 June 1942 | |
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Died |
6 April 1945 | Two aircraft and their crews were lost in a mid-air collision shortly before reaching the target of Leipzig, Germany. The aircraft were B-17G #43-38958 Green Hill Belle (427BS) and B-17G #44-8647 (360BS). | |
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Based |
Molesworth | Assigned: 303rd Bomb Group(H), 427th Bomb Squad., B-17 Bomber Crew | |
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Buried |
Kilgore, Texas | Initially buried by locals in Germany after the crash, then removed to an American Cemetery in Europe, Sgt Beebe's remains were returned for burial in Kilgore, Texas in 1949. |
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Application for Headstone or Marker, completed by father
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www.303rdbg.com/combat crews
Application for Headstone or Marker, completed by father
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13719 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
