Frank Beach

Frank Beach was the radio operator on the Gerald Brown crew.  The crew was originally assigned to the 513th squadron.  In January 1944, they were re-assigned to the 512th.

Sometime around the first of May, he was assigned to the Marden Turner crew.  The following is what he wrote about his service:

I joined 376th Bomb Group October 1943, in Enfidaville, Africa, and participated in 42 missions - including Polesti oil fields. Survived four crashes: the last one being the one that took off from Lecci, Italy, was crippled, and ordered back with full bomb load. Landing with bombs aboard injured or killed all crew members and put me in the hospital for three years. Was in hospital in Bari, Italy, and returned home on a convoyed liberty ship turned into a hospital ship. Was hospitalized at Billings General Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana. Also at Perey Jones General Hospital, where I was discharged 15 April 1947. Before I was injured, I had enjoyed one week of R & R on the Isle of Capri. The crash occurred May 31, 1944.

376 ARCHIVES

The website 376bg.org is NOT our site nor is it our endowment fund.

At the 2017 reunion, the board approved the donation of our archives to the Briscoe Center for American History, located on the University of Texas - Austin campus.

Also, the board approved a $5,000 donation to add to Ed Clendenin's $20,000 donation in the memory of his father. Together, these funds begin an endowment for the preservation of the 376 archives.

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My Trip to San Pancrazio

October 2019


Reunion

NOTE change in month !!!

DATES: Oct 26-29, 2024

CITY:Tucson, AZ

HOTEL: Double Tree Suites Airport hotel

7051 South Tucson Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85756

520-225-0800


Click here to read about the reunion details.

previous reunions


For Sale

The Other Doolittle Raid


The Broken Wings of Zlatibor


The Liberandos


Three Crawford Brothers


Liberando: Reflections of a Reluctant Warrior


376th Bomb Group Mission History


The Last Liberator


Full Circle


Shadows of Wings


Ten Men, A "Flying Boxcar," and A War


I Survived Ploesti


A Measure of Life


Shot Down In Yugoslavia


Stories of My Life


Attack


Born in Battle


Bombardier's Diary


Lost Airmen


Langdon Liberando