Donald Scott Beals

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
News Article Oct 7 2001 page 1 UPL 73426 UPL 73426 News Article Oct 7 2001 page 1 Donald S Beals

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Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. On 26-Jan-43 in P-38 41-7566 2nd Lt Donald S Beals was being transferred to Tafaroui, Algeria from Portreath, UK. He was flying with a flight of 9 others. The flight was to make a stop at Gibraltar but only 6 arrived. No traces of Lt Beal's aircraft or of the other two were ever found. He is listed as a Died Non-Battle (DNB).



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

17 April 1917 Son of Harry Scott and Sadie Helen [Keith] Beals.

Enlisted

19 January 1942 Spokane, Washington

Died

26 January 1943 Believed to have been lost in the sea. Cause has not been determined. His remains have never been recovered. Non-Battle Death (NBD).

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Commemorated

Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery.

Buried

Memorialised Twin Falls Cemetery Twin Falls, Twin Falls County Idaho, USA.

Based

26 January 1943 Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.

Born

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National Archives

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The Times News

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American Battle Monuments Commission

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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Added an association to the 78th FG listed in the "Summary biography" section.

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Lee Cunningham 8-Feb-2015. Connections to Place and Aircraft MACR 3210

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Lee Cunningham 8-Feb-2015. Verified SN , added NBD event and Biography per MACR 3210; made connections to Squadron and Place within existing website data; Added Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record.

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ABMC, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol 1 p. 67 by Bishop and Hey, / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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