Born 19 Nov 1925 in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida

Class of 1943 Saint Petersburg High School, Florida

Enlisted (14188921) as an Aviation Cadet at Tampa, Florida on 29 Jan 1943

Pre-flight classification at Maxwell Field near Montgomery, Alabama

Primary at

Basic at

Advanced at (commissioned O-837616 a 2nd Lt).

Specialized Four-Engine Bomber Training at Courtland AAF, Alabama

Lois Franklin Beard Jr : Second Lieutenant from Florida, World War II Casualty (honorstates.org)

Pilot (right seat): O-837616Lois F Beard, Jr. 2Lt FL 25-5-1945 B-29 #42-65273

2Lt Lois Franklin Beard Jr. (1925-1945) - Find a Grave Memorial

Pilot (right seat), B-29-25-MO (Martin Omaha) Superfortress serial #42-65273 (CBI - Dark Blue Diamond with Yellow aircraft #62 in center), Tinan Triangle-N-62, nicknamed "Big! Ain't It?" assigned to the 677th Bomber Squadron, 444th Bombardment Group, 58th Bomb Wing, XXI Bomber Command, 20th Air Force stationed at West Field on Tinian in the Mariana Islands, Pacific Theatre of Operations.

During the night of 25-26 May, 464 B-29 bombers dispatched from the XXI BC attack Tokyo urban areas immediately south of the Imperial Palace. Twenty-six B-29 aircraft are lost (the largest loss of B-29s and crews in a single day).

MACR 14497 - Dubose aircrew 11 KIA

www.444thbg.org - 677th Squadron