Erwin J Bevins Jr

World War II · US Army · Second Lieutenant

Source Documents

Record	Events	Title	Source Website	Type	Created
e-j-bevins-2.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	27/01/2015
US Army Air Forces Pilot Wings.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	28/01/2015
702nd Bomber Squadron.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	28/01/2015
445th BG Tibenham England.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	28/01/2015
B 24 Liberator over war zone.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	28/01/2015
8TH 445TH 700 SQ S MEMORIAL GRANET INFO PANEL.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	29/01/2015
us army air forces emblem.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	29/01/2015
445th 700 BS 701BS 702BS 703BS B24.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	30/01/2015
All Gave Some - Some Gave All.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	3/02/2015
8th Air Force Patch.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	3/02/2015
445th BG Heavy Memorial Panel.png			Forces War Records	Image	21/02/2015
2LT's Anthony L Destro and Erwin J Bevins Sioux City Iowa 1943.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	21/02/2015
order_of_the_purple_heart_apron.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	22/02/2015
u.s.a.a.f. 2nd LT.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	22/02/2015
2LT Erwin James Bevins B-24 #42-7554 Co-pilot evaded capture with help of the Dutch people. 2LT Bevins standing far right in pic 1943.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	23/02/2015
B-24 Crew Positions.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	26/02/2015
1993 Story of 2LT Gill Escape Crashing B24.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	26/02/2015
Gill Crew with names in Power Point (2).jpg			Forces War Records	Image	28/02/2015
B-24 #42-7554 Tail End Charlie_Remains Tea Spoon Holder jpgejpg.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	3/03/2015
2Lt Erwin J. Bevins ~ B-24 Pilot ~ #42-7554 ~ Tail End Charlie~ Last man stand on right ~ Evaded capture for 473 days in Netherlands.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	4/03/2015
2nd Air Division.png			Forces War Records	Image	15/03/2015
B24_#42-7554_Bombing Target_Osnabruck, Munster.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	17/03/2015
445th BG 1943 Deployment to Tibenham Airfield, Norfolk, England.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	18/03/2015
B-24 #42-7554 Tail End Charlie crashed 22 DEC 1943 in Mirns, Netherlands.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	19/03/2015
Bevins medals.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	30/03/2015
B-24 of 8th AF.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	17/04/2015
Tibenham Airfield, England.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	7/05/2015
Erwin Edwin J. Bevins.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	7/05/2015
B-24_#42-7554_Tail End Charlie_Map of crash site_Mirns, Netherlands_Cemetery_22 Decemer 1943_.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	8/05/2015
B-24_#42-7554_Tail End Charlie_Map of final approach path to crash site_Mirns, Netherlands_Cemetery_22 Decemer 1943_.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	8/05/2015
Gone but not forgotten.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	10/05/2015
MACR 15597.jpg resized.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	15/05/2015
21 MAY 2015 Group crew together revised_final_JPG.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	21/05/2015
#1 _ Mirns Cemetery where B-24 #42-7554 Tail End Charlie crashed 22 DEC 1943.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	8/06/2015
#2 _ Mirns Cemetery where B-24 #42-7554 Tail End Charlie crashed 22 DEC 1943.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	8/06/2015
Lt Joseph F. Gill, Jr., Found Dangaling From A Tree Seconds Before His B-24 Crashed.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	4/06/2015
2LT Erwin J. Bevins, newpaper story on MIA.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	9/06/2015
2Lt Erwin J. Bevins, while hiding in Holland.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	9/06/2015
2Lt Erwin J. Bevins__06 JAN 1944_Albany, NY_Missing In Action_ newspaper clipping.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	10/06/2015
Bombing Orders for 22 DEC 1943, Osnabruck, Germany.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	14/06/2015
John Visser and Klaas Visser_medal detector_SSgt Joseph J. Pavelko medal.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	15/06/2015
2LT Erwin J. Bevins_MIA_Newspaper report.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	5/07/2015
8th air force patch_original.JPG			Forces War Records	Image	19/07/2015
10 FEB 1944_Disposition of Effects for_ Allen _ Destro _ Gill _ Bevins_ Elder_ Henry_ Odom_ page 1 of 2.JPG			Forces War Records	Image	25/07/2015
2Lt Anthony L. Destro and 2LT Erwin J. Bevins_1943_Sioux City, Iowa...jpg			Forces War Records	Image	12/06/2015
Letter_2Lt Joseph F. Gill, Jr_03 OCT 1991_page #1.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	1/06/2015
Letter_2Lt Joseph F. Gill, Jr_03 OCT 1991_page #2.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	1/06/2015
Gerrit Jan Piksen _ 28 JULY 2015_ 2 US Pilots Names.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	28/07/2015
Tibenham church kneeler.JPG 2.JPG			Forces War Records	Image	3/08/2015
Letter _ Leo Bult _ April 2015 _ Page 2 of 2.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	20/08/2015
Letter _ Leo Bul t_ April 2015 _ Page 1 of 2.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	20/08/2015
04 AUG 2015_Leo Bult Letter.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	20/09/2015
Leo Bult_George Keulen's visit to Auckland, New Zealand_ photos_30 SEPT 2015.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	20/10/2015
Gerrit Jan Piksen_MURDERED__Updated 02 NOV 2015.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	3/11/2015
Gerrit Jan Piksen_MURDERED__Updated 02 NOV 2015_page 1 of 2.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	3/11/2015
Gerrit Jan Piksen_MURDERED_Updated 02 NOV 2015_page 2 of 2.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	3/11/2015
2LT Erwin James Bevins_Co-Pilot on B-24 #42-7554_ 445th BG_ 702nd BS_Evaded Capture for 473 days_created by Anthony L. Destro II.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	22/11/2015
2LT Erwin Edwin James Bevins _ B-24 Pilot on #42-7554.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	22/11/2015
Mirns, Friesland, Netherlands_ Memorial Information Panel_B-24 #42-7554_officially installed on 11 NOV 2015 during Memorial & Commemoration service.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	25/11/2015
01 __ 2Lt's Anthony L. Destro and Erwin J. Bevins _ 02 OCT 1943_ Henry, South Dakota..jpg			Forces War Records	Image	1/03/2016
02 _ Lt Baker and Erwin J. Bevins _ 02 OCT 1943, Henry, South Dakota, USA_445th BG_702 BS.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	1/03/2016
02 _ Lt Baker and Erwin J. Bevins _ 02 OCT 1943, Henry, South Dakota, USA_445th BG_702 BS.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	1/03/2016
04 _ 2Lt Erwin J. Bevins, Jr., B-24 Pilot_445th BG_ 702nd BS.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	1/03/2016
05 _ 2Lt Anthony L. Destro and Erwin J. Bevins _ 02 OCT 1943, Henry, South Dakota, USA_445th BG_702 BS.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	1/03/2016
2 - Jim with the Van Der Graaf family, DEC 1944 - updated 10 SEPT 2018.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	10/09/2018
3 - Jim with the Van Der Graaf family, DEC 1944 - updated 10 SEPT 2018.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	10/09/2018
1 - Jim with the Van Der Graaf family, DEC 1944 - updated 10 SEPT 2018.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	10/09/2018
Erwin J Bevins Jr	Birth, Custom, Enlistment, Military Service, Other, People	US, WWII Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946	Forces War Records	Index Record	27/11/2008
John R Elder			Forces War Records	Memorial	1/11/2013
Oscar Robbins			Forces War Records	Memorial	31/07/2011
Joseph J Pavelko			Forces War Records	Memorial	8/04/2013
Harry L Henry			Forces War Records	Memorial	27/11/2008
Ted Weaver (1921)			Forces War Records	Memorial	9/02/2013

Source URLs

URL	Events	Description
B-24H-1-FO - #42-7554 Tail End Charlie lost at Mirns - Bakhuizen on 22-12-1943 (SGLO ref: T3256)
The Story of “Tail End Charlie”
Bevins Post War DeBrief
B-24H-1-FO - #42-7554
Erwin James Bevins Jr \| American Air Museum in Britain
MACR Summary - new_445BG		445th BG lists #42-7554 shot down
Edwin J. Bevins (1920 - 1985) - Find A Grave Memorial		ERwin changed his name to EDwin after the war.
Get One A/C Group		445th BG Assignments
Mission to Osnabruck & Munster
Record time onderduiker 2Lt Erwin J. Bevins , some story of his 473 day evasion in Holland.		2Lt Erwin J. Bevins , some story of his 473 day evasion in Holland. From the aurthur Jan Braakman s book: "The War In The Corner".
A sunny day in 1944 (2): Lt Erwin J. Bevins , evaded capture in the Netherlands for 473 day with help of the Dutch Resistance. Picture from arthur, Jan Braakman s book: " The War In The Corner"		A sunny day in 1944 (2): Lt Erwin J. Bevins , evaded capture in the Netherlands for 473 day with help of the Dutch Resistance. Picture from arthur, Jan Braakman s book: " The War In The Corner"
newspaper story: Lt Erwin J. Bevins, Jr. "Area man posed as Dutch person to fool Germans" , 19 MAY 1945 , The Times Record, Troy, New York		newspaper story: Lt Erwin J. Bevins, Jr. "Area man posed as Dutch person to fool Germans" , 19 MAY 1945 , The Times Record, Troy, New York
2Lt Erwin J. Bevins, Jr. "LT ERWIN BEVINS, MISSING SINCE '43, ON HIS WAY HOME. newspaper story: 02 MAY 1945, The Times Record, Troy, New York.		2Lt Erwin J. Bevins, Jr. "LT ERWIN BEVINS, MISSING SINCE '43, ON HIS WAY HOME. newspaper story: 02 MAY 1945, The Times Record, Troy, New York.
http://www.heritageleague.org/brian/54.pdf
http://www.teunispats.net/t3256.htm
http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-2946.pdf
http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/b-24-liberator/B-2411238.html
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=bevins&GSfn=edwin&GSmn=j&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=36&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=110180448&df=all&
http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/Troy%20NY%20Times%20Record/Troy%20NY%20Times%20Record%201945/Troy%20NY%20Times%20Record%201945%20-%202137.pdf
http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/Troy%20NY%20Times%20Record/Troy%20NY%20Times%20Record%201945/Troy%20NY%20Times%20Record%201945%20-%202450.pdf