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