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Lieut Wilbert Louis Beitler

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Lieut Wilbert Louis Beitler

Birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
29 Apr 1954 (aged 31)
Hammond, Lake County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Hammond, Lake County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps on 24 Aug 1942. He was a flight officer (bombardier) with the 22d Bombardment Group, 33d Bombardment Squadron, Crew #34-J-2493. His B-24 Liberator crew also included:

1LT James F. Rock (Pilot)
2LT Paul R. Tofte (Co-pilot, listed MIA 07 Mar 1946)
2LT Richard R. Mann (Navigator)
SGT Forest G. Hunter (Assistant Engineer/Gunner)
SGT Clifford Brown (Radio Operator/Gunner)
SSGT Peter J. Yogis (Armorer Gunner, listed MIA 27 Nov 1944)
SGT Norman J. Dostie (Tail Gunner)
SGT Robert G. Burton (Ball Gunner, listed MIA 27 Nov 1944)
SGT Marlin L. Holsten (Nose Gunner)

He participated missions between June 1944 through April 1945, including one over Balikpapan, Borneo on October 14, 1944.

After the war he was working as an electrician at the Kenwood Hotel, at 47th and Kenwood, when he either fell or jumped five stories to his death.
Enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps on 24 Aug 1942. He was a flight officer (bombardier) with the 22d Bombardment Group, 33d Bombardment Squadron, Crew #34-J-2493. His B-24 Liberator crew also included:

1LT James F. Rock (Pilot)
2LT Paul R. Tofte (Co-pilot, listed MIA 07 Mar 1946)
2LT Richard R. Mann (Navigator)
SGT Forest G. Hunter (Assistant Engineer/Gunner)
SGT Clifford Brown (Radio Operator/Gunner)
SSGT Peter J. Yogis (Armorer Gunner, listed MIA 27 Nov 1944)
SGT Norman J. Dostie (Tail Gunner)
SGT Robert G. Burton (Ball Gunner, listed MIA 27 Nov 1944)
SGT Marlin L. Holsten (Nose Gunner)

He participated missions between June 1944 through April 1945, including one over Balikpapan, Borneo on October 14, 1944.

After the war he was working as an electrician at the Kenwood Hotel, at 47th and Kenwood, when he either fell or jumped five stories to his death.


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