Ernest David Beatie
MilitaryPersonal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank Speer.
Joined RAFVR via Knight committee CA, USA, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU 30Hrs Hurricanes, assigned to 121S P/O,
transferred to 335th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF, promoted 1st Lt 23-4-43
Transferred to the Detachment of Patients, 5th General Hospital 29-11-43
Gunnery instructor in Louisiana and Texas until war’s end.
Post war Worked in real estate in California.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Albany, GA, USA | 17 June 1914 | 17 June 1914 Albany, GA, USA. |
Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 14 October 1942 | Transferred to 335th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF. |
Other Promoted |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 23 April 1943 | Promoted 1st Lt. |
Died |
Palm Springs, CA, USA | 29 January 1994 | 29 January 1994 Palm Springs, CA, USA. |
Albany, GA, USA | Albany, Georgia, USA. | ||
Other Joined RAFVR |
California, USA | Joined RAFVR via Knight committee CA, USA. | |
Other Service pilot training |
Tulsa, OK, USA | Service pilot training in US | |
Other Shipped overseas |
Merseyside, UK | Shipped overseas to ETO. | |
Other Operational training |
Great Britain, United Kingdom | Operational training at OTU 30Hrs Hurricanes. | |
Other Assigned |
Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire DN21, UK | Assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF as P/O. |
Revisions
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3503
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/335_b…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html