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			Fold3	Image	Jan 27, 2015
US Army Air Forces Pilot Wings.jpg			Fold3	Image	Jan 28, 2015
702nd Bomber Squadron.jpg			Fold3	Image	Jan 28, 2015
445th BG Tibenham England.jpg			Fold3	Image	Jan 28, 2015
B 24 Liberator over war zone.jpg			Fold3	Image	Jan 28, 2015
8TH 445TH 700 SQ S MEMORIAL GRANET INFO PANEL.jpg			Fold3	Image	Jan 29, 2015
us army air forces emblem.jpg			Fold3	Image	Jan 29, 2015
445th 700 BS 701BS 702BS 703BS B24.jpg			Fold3	Image	Jan 30, 2015
All Gave Some - Some Gave All.jpg			Fold3	Image	Feb 3, 2015
8th Air Force Patch.jpg			Fold3	Image	Feb 3, 2015
445th BG Heavy Memorial Panel.png			Fold3	Image	Feb 21, 2015
2LT's Anthony L Destro and Erwin J Bevins Sioux City Iowa 1943.jpg			Fold3	Image	Feb 21, 2015
order_of_the_purple_heart_apron.jpg			Fold3	Image	Feb 22, 2015
u.s.a.a.f. 2nd LT.jpg			Fold3	Image	Feb 22, 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			Fold3	Image	Feb 23, 2015
B-24 Crew Positions.jpg			Fold3	Image	Feb 26, 2015
1993 Story of 2LT Gill Escape Crashing B24.jpg			Fold3	Image	Feb 26, 2015
Gill Crew with names in Power Point (2).jpg			Fold3	Image	Feb 28, 2015
B-24 #42-7554 Tail End Charlie_Remains Tea Spoon Holder jpgejpg.jpg			Fold3	Image	Mar 3, 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			Fold3	Image	Mar 4, 2015
2nd Air Division.png			Fold3	Image	Mar 15, 2015
B24_#42-7554_Bombing Target_Osnabruck, Munster.jpg			Fold3	Image	Mar 17, 2015
445th BG 1943 Deployment to Tibenham Airfield, Norfolk, England.jpg			Fold3	Image	Mar 18, 2015
B-24 #42-7554 Tail End Charlie crashed 22 DEC 1943 in Mirns, Netherlands.jpg			Fold3	Image	Mar 19, 2015
Bevins medals.jpg			Fold3	Image	Mar 30, 2015
B-24 of 8th AF.jpg			Fold3	Image	Apr 17, 2015
Tibenham Airfield, England.jpg			Fold3	Image	May 7, 2015
Erwin Edwin J. Bevins.jpg			Fold3	Image	May 7, 2015
B-24_#42-7554_Tail End Charlie_Map of crash site_Mirns, Netherlands_Cemetery_22 Decemer 1943_.jpg			Fold3	Image	May 8, 2015
B-24_#42-7554_Tail End Charlie_Map of final approach path to crash site_Mirns, Netherlands_Cemetery_22 Decemer 1943_.jpg			Fold3	Image	May 8, 2015
Gone but not forgotten.jpg			Fold3	Image	May 10, 2015
MACR 15597.jpg resized.jpg			Fold3	Image	May 15, 2015
21 MAY 2015 Group crew together revised_final_JPG.jpg			Fold3	Image	May 21, 2015
#1 _ Mirns Cemetery where B-24 #42-7554 Tail End Charlie crashed 22 DEC 1943.jpg			Fold3	Image	Jun 8, 2015
#2 _ Mirns Cemetery where B-24 #42-7554 Tail End Charlie crashed 22 DEC 1943.jpg			Fold3	Image	Jun 8, 2015
Lt Joseph F. Gill, Jr., Found Dangaling From A Tree Seconds Before His B-24 Crashed.jpg			Fold3	Image	Jun 4, 2015
2LT Erwin J. Bevins, newpaper story on MIA.jpg			Fold3	Image	Jun 9, 2015
2Lt Erwin J. Bevins, while hiding in Holland.jpg			Fold3	Image	Jun 9, 2015
2Lt Erwin J. Bevins__06 JAN 1944_Albany, NY_Missing In Action_ newspaper clipping.jpg			Fold3	Image	Jun 10, 2015
Bombing Orders for 22 DEC 1943, Osnabruck, Germany.jpg			Fold3	Image	Jun 14, 2015
John Visser and Klaas Visser_medal detector_SSgt Joseph J. Pavelko medal.jpg			Fold3	Image	Jun 15, 2015
2LT Erwin J. Bevins_MIA_Newspaper report.jpg			Fold3	Image	Jul 5, 2015
8th air force patch_original.JPG			Fold3	Image	Jul 19, 2015
10 FEB 1944_Disposition of Effects for_ Allen _ Destro _ Gill _ Bevins_ Elder_ Henry_ Odom_ page 1 of 2.JPG			Fold3	Image	Jul 25, 2015
2Lt Anthony L. Destro and 2LT Erwin J. Bevins_1943_Sioux City, Iowa...jpg			Fold3	Image	Jun 12, 2015
Letter_2Lt Joseph F. Gill, Jr_03 OCT 1991_page #1.jpg			Fold3	Image	Jun 1, 2015
Letter_2Lt Joseph F. Gill, Jr_03 OCT 1991_page #2.jpg			Fold3	Image	Jun 1, 2015
Gerrit Jan Piksen _ 28 JULY 2015_ 2 US Pilots Names.jpg			Fold3	Image	Jul 28, 2015
Tibenham church kneeler.JPG 2.JPG			Fold3	Image	Aug 3, 2015
Letter _ Leo Bult _ April 2015 _ Page 2 of 2.jpg			Fold3	Image	Aug 20, 2015
Letter _ Leo Bul t_ April 2015 _ Page 1 of 2.jpg			Fold3	Image	Aug 20, 2015
04 AUG 2015_Leo Bult Letter.jpg			Fold3	Image	Sep 20, 2015
Leo Bult_George Keulen's visit to Auckland, New Zealand_ photos_30 SEPT 2015.jpg			Fold3	Image	Oct 20, 2015
Gerrit Jan Piksen_MURDERED__Updated 02 NOV 2015.jpg			Fold3	Image	Nov 3, 2015
Gerrit Jan Piksen_MURDERED__Updated 02 NOV 2015_page 1 of 2.jpg			Fold3	Image	Nov 3, 2015
Gerrit Jan Piksen_MURDERED_Updated 02 NOV 2015_page 2 of 2.jpg			Fold3	Image	Nov 3, 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			Fold3	Image	Nov 22, 2015
2LT Erwin Edwin James Bevins _ B-24 Pilot on #42-7554.jpg			Fold3	Image	Nov 22, 2015
Mirns, Friesland, Netherlands_ Memorial Information Panel_B-24 #42-7554_officially installed on 11 NOV 2015 during Memorial & Commemoration service.jpg			Fold3	Image	Nov 25, 2015
01 __ 2Lt's Anthony L. Destro and Erwin J. Bevins _ 02 OCT 1943_ Henry, South Dakota..jpg			Fold3	Image	Mar 1, 2016
02 _ Lt Baker and Erwin J. Bevins _ 02 OCT 1943, Henry, South Dakota, USA_445th BG_702 BS.jpg			Fold3	Image	Mar 1, 2016
02 _ Lt Baker and Erwin J. Bevins _ 02 OCT 1943, Henry, South Dakota, USA_445th BG_702 BS.jpg			Fold3	Image	Mar 1, 2016
04 _ 2Lt Erwin J. Bevins, Jr., B-24 Pilot_445th BG_ 702nd BS.jpg			Fold3	Image	Mar 1, 2016
05 _ 2Lt Anthony L. Destro and Erwin J. Bevins _ 02 OCT 1943, Henry, South Dakota, USA_445th BG_702 BS.jpg			Fold3	Image	Mar 1, 2016
2 - Jim with the Van Der Graaf family, DEC 1944 - updated 10 SEPT 2018.jpg			Fold3	Image	Sep 10, 2018
3 - Jim with the Van Der Graaf family, DEC 1944 - updated 10 SEPT 2018.jpg			Fold3	Image	Sep 10, 2018
1 - Jim with the Van Der Graaf family, DEC 1944 - updated 10 SEPT 2018.jpg			Fold3	Image	Sep 10, 2018
Erwin J Bevins Jr	Birth, Custom, Enlistment, Military Service, Other, People	US, WWII Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946	Fold3	Index Record	Nov 27, 2008
John R Elder			Fold3	Memorial	Nov 1, 2013
Oscar Robbins			Fold3	Memorial	Jul 31, 2011
Joseph J Pavelko			Fold3	Memorial	Apr 8, 2013
Harry L Henry			Fold3	Memorial	Nov 27, 2008
Ted Weaver (1921)			Fold3	Memorial	Feb 9, 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