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BEALLIAS, Nicholas M - Date of
birth
1916 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Alabama -
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32886207 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Radio Operator -
Unit
763rd Bombardment Squadron,
460th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
16 October 1944 - Place of
death
Deutsch-Wagram, Austria
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| G | 8 | 19 |
Immediate family
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Members
Politeme Beallias (father)
Pauline (Bailey) Beallias (mother)
Gus Beallias (brother)
John Beallias (brother)
Katherine Beallias (sister)
Andronicky Beallias (sister)
Germaine C. Beallias (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-99798 -
Data
Type: B-24J
Nickname: Ashean Charley
Destination: Graz, Austria
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yards
MACR: 9303
More information
S/Sgt Nicholas M. Beallias enlisted in New York City, New York on 9 April 1943.1st Lt Walter C. Martin Jr.:
I was flying number five position of the lead box of the third attack unit when we went over the target at Graz, Austria. Lt Berry was flying #42-99798 in number seven position. Over the target the flak was intense and accurate. Just after the bombs were away, Lt Berry’s plane evidently suffered a direct hit as it exploded. I saw only the actual explosion as it was almost instantly out of my line of vision. My left waist gunner reported that the plane had disintegrated.
S/Sgt Roy F. Kragel:
He was in Waist without parachute when plane exploded.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com, www.newspapers.com – St. Louis Post Dispatch Missouri 5 November 1944, http://aircrewremembered.com/USAAFCombatOperations/Oct.44.html
Photo source: www.newspapers.com – St. Louis Post Dispatch Missouri 5 November 1944