Bean, Henry Randall, TSgt

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Technical Sergeant

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 755-Radio Operator, Army Air Force

Last AFSC Group
Signal (Enlisted)

Primary Unit
1942-1943, AAF MOS 755, 306th Bombardment Group, Heavy

Service Years
1941 - 1943

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Arizona

Year of Birth
1917

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Casualty Info

Home Town Dos Cabezas, Arizona	Last Address RAF Thurleigh (USAAF 111), Bedfordshire, England

Casualty Date May 01, 1943
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Other Cause
Location France	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment American Cemetery - Brittany, France	Wall/Plot Coordinates Tablets of the Missing

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2013, World War II Fallen

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments


	1942-1943, AAF MOS 755, 423rd Bombardment Squadron, Heavy
	1942-1943, AAF MOS 755, 306th Bombardment Group, Heavy

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1942-1943 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Air Offensive, Europe Campaign (1942-44)

My Aircraft/Missiles


	1942-1943, B-17 Flying Fortress

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

He was killed when he caught fire, jumped out of his B-17, hit the horizontal stabilizer, and fell to his death. His crewmate, Sgt. Maynard H. Smith, earned the Medal of Honor on this mission.

Comments/Citation:

Sources:
http://www.willcoxrangenews.com/news/article_a5952ea2-a5e8-11e6-b81a-4ff1581d4fd5.html
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/93168
https://www.abmc.gov/node/545763#.WQca5xjGwUM
http://www.306bg.us/MySQL%20search%20results.php?Lname=bean&Fname=&FNinitial=&Minitial=&Soption=LNO
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
www.homeofheroes.com/wings/part2/06_smith.html