Warren H Beach
MilitaryOn 29-Nov-43 1LT Warren H Beach was piloting P-47D 42-8601 on a mission to escort bomber attacking at Bremen, Germany. Shortly after reaching the Dutch coast his aircraft lost oil pressure and had an engine failure. 1Lt Beach baled out of the aircraft near Utrecht, Holland and was captured as a Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1451.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
![Ground crew of the 356th Fighter Group congratulate the pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Zombie" at Martlesham Heath air base. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'ZOMBIE yellow, black outline. [illegible text] black white common practice of 361st FS.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377162.jpg.webp?itok=Cj8CR9kY)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 356th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 29 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Connecticut, USA | 27 November 1915 | |
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Enlisted |
Hartford, CT, USA | 28 January 1942 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 29 November 1943 - 8 June 1945 | Held at Stalag Luft 1, Barth-Vogelsang, Prussia. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 9-Jun-45. |
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Other Baled out |
Utrecht, Netherlands | 29 November 1943 | On a mission to escort bomber attacking at Bremen, Germany. Shortly after reaching the Dutch coast his aircraft lost oil pressure and had an engine failure. 1Lt Beach baled out of the aircraft near Utrecht, Holland and was captured as a Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1451. |
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Died |
Hancock, NH, USA | 10 January 2002 | |
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Other Promotion |
Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
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Based |
Martlesham Heath | 29 November 1943 | Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 19-Jul-2015. Added Description based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE and MACR 1451; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1451 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list