Hubert Franklin Beatty
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Mike Feinman - relative
Object Number - UPL 35115 - Beatty, Hubert Franklin
Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Wolfsburg in B-17 "Beatty's 8-Balls" #43-39128
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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: “Beatty's 8-Balls”
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA | 8 July 1919 | |
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Died |
22 February 1945 | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 22 February 1945 | |
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Buried |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added birth info and a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56357048.
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12650 / MACR 12650, ,Mention in Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier by Streitfeld pp 121-124 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
