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Terry Dillard Beasley

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My dad Terry D. Beasley was a B-17 Tail Gunner and flew 50 bombing missions from August 27th 1944 to January 31st 1945. He flew with the 346th Bomb Squadron and the 99th Bomb Group (H), 15th AAF.

Service

Units served with

  • 99th Bomb Group

    99th Bomb Group

    Group
    Constituted as 99th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 1 Jun 1942. Trained with B-17's. Moved to North Africa, Feb-May 1943, and assigned to Twelfth AF. Entered combat in Mar 1943 and bombed such targets as airdromes, harbor...

  • 346th Bomb Squadron

    346th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
14165927
Highest rank
Staff Sergeant
Role/job
B-17 Tail Gunner
Awards
  • Air Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters
  • Purple Heart
  • European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 3 bronze stars
  • European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 4 bronze stars

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
21 November 2020 06:59:01 Dillard Changes to awards
Sources

WWII Memorial in Washington DC, Army/Air Force records.
Date Contributor Update
21 November 2020 06:53:21 Dillard Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography and unit associations
Sources

Army Air Force records and WWII Memorial in Washington DC.

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