Beattie H Fleenor
Military ROLL OF HONOURSnippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25115
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). According to Stewart pilot Fleenor was flying an H model B24 which was the first to arrive from the states. Earlier on 26 February 1943 B-24 41-23734 'Night Raider' crashed landed on return to Britain with 3 crew members wounded in action. The landing was at RAF Ludham, Norfolk. All crew members were returned to action and plane was salvagable.
DFC/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14069918 / O-790954
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Missouri Sue
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Kansas | ||
Buried |
Brittany American Cemetery, Saint James, France (Wall of the Missing) | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 16 April 1943 |
Revisions
ABMC; MACR 15703, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 pp. 81-2 and 104. Ted's Traveling Circus picture p. 78 -82 includes pictures and page 94. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15730 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database