Accounted for on January the 28th, 2015, U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Alvin Beethe, 23, of Elk Creek, Neb., will be buried June 8, in Arlington National Cemetery.
Lt. Alvin Beethe officially dead
Listed as missing in action since Nov. 26, 1944, Lt. Alvin Beethe, 24, fighter pilot, is now officially declared dead, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Beethe, DeWitt, have been informed. Lieutenant Beethe is a former University of Nebraska student. Member of the Ninth Air Force, 367th Group, 395th Squadron, the lieutenant was listed “missing” after his 15th mission, when his P-38 crashed in flames near Morseinch, Germany, Nov. 26, 1944. He had previously operated with his squadron from airfields in England and France, winning the air medal with two bronze stars and two oak leaf clusters.
Lieutenant Beethe was employed at the Martin bomber plant in Omaha previous to entering the service in March [7], 194[3]. He had been transferred to Omaha from Boeing Aircraft at Seattle, Wash. After receiving his commission at Williams Field, Chandler, Ariz., he was assigned to overseas flying in August, 1944. Married to Miss Harriett Lea Farra, Long Beach, Calif., March 17, 1944, he is survived also by his parents, a sister, Arleen, Omaha, and two brothers, Vernon and Wilmer.
Source:
Lincoln Evening Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska)
16.Jan.1946 (Wed), pg 5
Following the war, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC) conducted investigations on the loss of Beethe and successfully located his crash site. However, no remains were recovered at that time.In 2008, the Department of Defense was notified that private citizens in Germany had located the wartime crash site. A DoD team traveled to Morschenich and surveyed the purported site. In June 2013, another DoD team excavated the site, and recovered human remains and aircraft wreckage.To identify Beethe’s remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) used forensic identification tools to include two forms of DNA analysis, mitochondrial DNA, which matched his cousin and Y-chromosome Short Tandem Repeat DNA, which matched his nephew.
Lt. Alvin Beethe officially dead
Listed as missing in action since Nov. 26, 1944, Lt. Alvin Beethe, 24, fighter pilot, is now officially declared dead, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Beethe, DeWitt, have been informed. Lieutenant Beethe is a former University of Nebraska student. Member of the Ninth Air Force, 367th Group, 395th Squadron, the lieutenant was listed “missing” after his 15th mission, when his P-38 crashed in flames near Morseinch, Germany, Nov. 26, 1944. He had previously operated with his squadron from airfields in England and France, winning the air medal with two bronze stars and two oak leaf clusters.
Lieutenant Beethe was employed at the Martin bomber plant in Omaha previous to entering the service in March [7], 194[3]. He had been transferred to Omaha from Boeing Aircraft at Seattle, Wash. After receiving his commission at Williams Field, Chandler, Ariz., he was assigned to overseas flying in August, 1944. Married to Miss Harriett Lea Farra, Long Beach, Calif., March 17, 1944, he is survived also by his parents, a sister, Arleen, Omaha, and two brothers, Vernon and Wilmer.
Source:
Lincoln Evening Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska)
16.Jan.1946 (Wed), pg 5
Following the war, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC) conducted investigations on the loss of Beethe and successfully located his crash site. However, no remains were recovered at that time.In 2008, the Department of Defense was notified that private citizens in Germany had located the wartime crash site. A DoD team traveled to Morschenich and surveyed the purported site. In June 2013, another DoD team excavated the site, and recovered human remains and aircraft wreckage.To identify Beethe’s remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) used forensic identification tools to include two forms of DNA analysis, mitochondrial DNA, which matched his cousin and Y-chromosome Short Tandem Repeat DNA, which matched his nephew.
Accounted for on January the 28th, 2015, U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Alvin Beethe, 23, of Elk Creek, Neb., will be buried June 8, in Arlington National Cemetery.
Lt. Alvin Beethe officially dead
Listed as missing in action since Nov. 26, 1944, Lt. Alvin Beethe, 24, fighter pilot, is now officially declared dead, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Beethe, DeWitt, have been informed. Lieutenant Beethe is a former University of Nebraska student. Member of the Ninth Air Force, 367th Group, 395th Squadron, the lieutenant was listed “missing” after his 15th mission, when his P-38 crashed in flames near Morseinch, Germany, Nov. 26, 1944. He had previously operated with his squadron from airfields in England and France, winning the air medal with two bronze stars and two oak leaf clusters.
Lieutenant Beethe was employed at the Martin bomber plant in Omaha previous to entering the service in March [7], 194[3]. He had been transferred to Omaha from Boeing Aircraft at Seattle, Wash. After receiving his commission at Williams Field, Chandler, Ariz., he was assigned to overseas flying in August, 1944. Married to Miss Harriett Lea Farra, Long Beach, Calif., March 17, 1944, he is survived also by his parents, a sister, Arleen, Omaha, and two brothers, Vernon and Wilmer.
Source:
Lincoln Evening Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska)
16.Jan.1946 (Wed), pg 5
Following the war, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC) conducted investigations on the loss of Beethe and successfully located his crash site. However, no remains were recovered at that time.In 2008, the Department of Defense was notified that private citizens in Germany had located the wartime crash site. A DoD team traveled to Morschenich and surveyed the purported site. In June 2013, another DoD team excavated the site, and recovered human remains and aircraft wreckage.To identify Beethe’s remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) used forensic identification tools to include two forms of DNA analysis, mitochondrial DNA, which matched his cousin and Y-chromosome Short Tandem Repeat DNA, which matched his nephew.
Lt. Alvin Beethe officially dead
Listed as missing in action since Nov. 26, 1944, Lt. Alvin Beethe, 24, fighter pilot, is now officially declared dead, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Beethe, DeWitt, have been informed. Lieutenant Beethe is a former University of Nebraska student. Member of the Ninth Air Force, 367th Group, 395th Squadron, the lieutenant was listed “missing” after his 15th mission, when his P-38 crashed in flames near Morseinch, Germany, Nov. 26, 1944. He had previously operated with his squadron from airfields in England and France, winning the air medal with two bronze stars and two oak leaf clusters.
Lieutenant Beethe was employed at the Martin bomber plant in Omaha previous to entering the service in March [7], 194[3]. He had been transferred to Omaha from Boeing Aircraft at Seattle, Wash. After receiving his commission at Williams Field, Chandler, Ariz., he was assigned to overseas flying in August, 1944. Married to Miss Harriett Lea Farra, Long Beach, Calif., March 17, 1944, he is survived also by his parents, a sister, Arleen, Omaha, and two brothers, Vernon and Wilmer.
Source:
Lincoln Evening Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska)
16.Jan.1946 (Wed), pg 5
Following the war, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC) conducted investigations on the loss of Beethe and successfully located his crash site. However, no remains were recovered at that time.In 2008, the Department of Defense was notified that private citizens in Germany had located the wartime crash site. A DoD team traveled to Morschenich and surveyed the purported site. In June 2013, another DoD team excavated the site, and recovered human remains and aircraft wreckage.To identify Beethe’s remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) used forensic identification tools to include two forms of DNA analysis, mitochondrial DNA, which matched his cousin and Y-chromosome Short Tandem Repeat DNA, which matched his nephew.
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