Perry Ernest Beach

Military

ETTG, Steele crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down by FW-190's on return from mission #62 to Brunswick, Germany on 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-29761 'Martha II'. MACR 2244. S/Sgt Beach was wounded in the aircraft so Sgt Eason (radio operator) manned the top turret. Prisoner of War at Obermassfield Hospital #1249 at Stalag 9-C.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert Frank Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-809494
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Wilbert Everett Eason

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 3431627
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Leopold Leo Flores

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-688521
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Peter Hlynsky

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13134486
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Harold Arthur Holtz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36619672
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

Personnel of the 55th Royal Armoured Corps with a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Marina the II" of the 381st Bomb Group during a visit to Ridgewell, 1 September 1943. Not To Be Published 1 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'British Tank Men Visit "Flying Corps". Men of the 55th Royal Armour Corps, many of whom have fought in Libya with the 8th Army, were invited to an American aerodrome "somewhere in Britain" to see Flying Fortresses. Keystone Photo Shows:- The R.A.C. men crowd around a Flying Fortre

42-29761

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Martha II, Lucky Lady
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron 533rd Bomb Squadron

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Prisoner of War (POW)

12 January 1944 - 30 January 1944 Originally assigned to the 535th BS and transferred the same day to the 533nd BS.

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Prisoner of War (POW)

30 January 1944 Obermassfield Hospital #1249 at Stalag 9-C

Born

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2244 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database