Duane Beeson
Boise, ID
"The Boise Bee"
Duane Beeson's Medals
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Duane Beeson's Medals(Top Row)Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation Ribbon, Purple Heart, POW Medal, Europe-Africa-Mid Eastern Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal |
| (Bottom Row) 1939-1945 Star:Great Britain, Defense Medal:Canada, Voluntary Service:Canada, 1939-1945 War Medal:Canada, Croix De Guerre w/Palm:Belgium, 1940-1945 Commemorative Medal: Belgium, Belgian Gratitude Medal:Belgium, Medal of Free France:France |
Assigned Aircraft
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| AIRCRAFT | SERIAL NUMBER | CALL LETTERS | DATES ASSIGNED | DESCRIPTION | DISPOSITION |
| Spitfire MkVb | BL422 | XR-J | 9/42-11/42 | Unk | Unk |
| AD464 | XR-L | 11/42-12/42 | Unk | Transferred 4/1/43 | |
| AB975 | AV-A | 2/11/43 | Unk | Transferred 4/1/43 | |
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| P-47D | 42-7890 | QP-B | 6/26/43-2/28/44 | "Boise Bee", two-gun bumble bee in flight gear on cloud. | Transferred 2/28/44 |
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| P-51B | 43-6819 | QP-B | 2/36/44-4/5/44 | "Bee", two-gun bumble bee in flight gear on cloud with shield background, 20 black/white kill crosses, olive drab and gray with splotchy new dark olive drab spot touchups, white ETO bands on mainplanes only | 4/5/44 - MIA hit by flak while attacking Gardelegen airdrome in Germany. |
Victories
(includes only those while in the 4th FG)
| Date | Enemy A/C | Air/Ground | Place | Number | |
 | 5/18/43 | Me-109 | Air | Ostend-Blankenberghe, Belg | 1 |
| | 6/26/43 | Me-109 | Air | English Channel 10 mi. off Dieppe, Fr | 1 |
| | 7/28/43 | Me-109 | Air | Westhoof-Emerich, Ger. | 1 |
| | 10/2/43 | FW-190 | Air | eas of Wilhelmshaven, Ger. | 1 |
| | 10/8/43 | Me-109 | Air | Meppel-Zwolle area, Neth. | 2 |
| | 1/14/44 | FW-190 | Air | Soissons-Cambrai area, Fr. | 1 |
| | 1/29/44 | Me-109 | Air | Aachen, Ger. | 1 |
| | 1/29/44 | FW-190 | Air | Aachen, Ger. | 1 |
| | 1/31/44 | Me-109 | Air | Gilze-Rijen, Neth. | 1 |
| | 2/20/44 | FW-190 | Air | Aachen, Ger. | 1 |
| | 2/25/44 | FW-190 | Air | Beckingen, Ger. | 1 |
| | 2/28/44 | Ju-88 | Ground | Soissons area, Fr. | 0.25 |
| | 3/5/44 | Me-109 | Air | south of Bordeaux, Fr. | 1 |
| | 3/18/44 | Me-109 | Air | east of Mannheim, Ger. | 1 |
| | 3/23/44 | Me-109 | Air | Munster area, Ger. | 2 |
| | 3/27/44 | Ju-88 | Ground | Cazaux A/D, Fr. | 1 |
| | 3/27/44 | He-126 | Ground | Cazaux A/D, Fr. | 1 |
| | 3/27/44 | Ju-88 | Ground | Cazaux A/D, Fr. | 0.5 |
| | 4/1/44 | Me-109 | Air | north of Lake Constance, Ger. | 1 |
| | 4/5/44 | Ju-88 | Air | Brandenburg-Briest A/D, Ger. | 0.33 |
| | 4/5/44 | Ju-88 | Ground | Weissewarte/Bush A/D, Ger. | 1 |
| TOTAL VICTORIES | 4TH FG | ||||
| Air | Ground | Total | Air | Ground | Total |
| 19.33 | 4.75 | 24.08 | 19.33 | 4.75 | 24.08 |
