BEANLAND Harold H - 715 BS 448 BGH - CAMBRIDGE AMERICAN CEMETERY de Cambridge

Harold Haddon BEANLAND

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Source : USAAF Class Book Research Project

Arie-Jan van Hees

NUMBER OF SERVICE

O 2063146 (13088367)

AGE

22 yo

DATE OF BIRTH

29 November 1922 Fairview Township, Erie County, PENNSYLVANIA

ENLISTMENT STATE

PENNSYLVANIA

FAMILY

Parents : Haddon Spurgeon & Bessie Irene BEANLAND

Siblings : Marjory, Doris, Raymond, Robert, Howard & Laura

RANK

Second Lieutenant

FONCTION

Bomber

JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT

Checkers

DATE of ENLISTEMENT

26 August 1942 Erie PENNSYLVANIA

SQUADRON

715^th Bomber Squadron

GROUP

448^th Bomber Group, Heavy

ARMY

8^th US Air Force

DATE OF DEATH

17 April 1945

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Source : Andy

STATUS

KIA

PLACE OF DEATH

Seething airfield

DATA PLAN

Consolidated B-24M Liberator / #44-50572

B 24 Liberator

Macr :
Mission :
Décollage : Seething airfield

Crach : Due to a sudden power loss on take-off the aircraft hurtled off the runway and caught fire.

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

CEMETERY TEMPORARY of Cambridge Cemetery, England N°1615

Story of Cemetery Temporary

CEMETERY

CAMBRIDGE AMERICAN CEMETERY and Memorial

GRAVE

Plot	Row	Grave
F	5	127

DECORATION

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

Brevet Pilot

Photo FDLM

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

STORY

Second Lieutenant Harold Haddon Beanland, born 29 Nov 1922 in Fairview, Erie County, PA, was the son of Haddon Spurgeon Beanland and Bessie Irene (Rosenberg) Beanland of Erie, Erie County, PA.
In the 1930 census 7-year-old Harold is living with his parents and siblings Marjory 8, Doris 5, Raymond 4, Robert 2, and Laura 8 months, at 668 Silliman Ave., in Lawrence Park, Erie County, PA. His father is a draftsman for an electrical company. Lawrence Park is on Lake Erie just east of Erie, PA.
In the 1940 census 17-year-old Harold is living with his parents and siblings Marjory 18, Doris 15, Raymond 14, Robert 12, Laura 10, and Howard 6, at 4005 Iroquois Ave., in Lawrence Park. His father is still a draftsman.
Lt Beanland was pilot of B-24 44-50572 flying out of RAF Seething in Norfolk 109 miles northeast of London. The NARA WWII casualty listings by state and county for Pennsylvania show Beanland, Harold H, 2 Lt from Erie County as killed in action 17 Apr 1945. Lt Beanland’s plane crashed on takeoff at Seething 17 Apr 1945.
Edward Paretti spoke on camera at the 2007 reunion of the 448th BG in Orlando, Florida. He described witnessing the incident in which four crew members, including Harold Beanland were trapped in their B-24 on the runway at Seething. Base personnel were on the scene and tried to get them out when the aircraft exploded, killing all four men. Paretti dived under a vehicle to avoid the explosion. I believe Harold Beanland had only flown one mission.

by : War Graves

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