George David Beatty Rank: Flying Officer Status: Killed in Flying Accident 1944-05-04

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Beatty, George David (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-May-04

Birth Date: 1917 (age 27)

Son of William Alexander and Eva Mary Beatty; husband of Marian Louise Beatty, of Lindsay, Ontario, Canada.

Husband of Marian Louise Beatty, of Lindsay, Ontario, Canada.

Home: Swift Current, Saskatchewan

Service
RCAF

Unit
4 RS- Radio School (RAF)

Rank

Flying Officer

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
Pilot

Service Numbers
C/8077
Prev: C/8077

4 Radio School. Flying Officer Beatty was killed when his Proctor aircraft Z 7217 crashed at Coleford, Gloucester, England.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Home

Swift Current, Saskatchewan

Burial
Google Map

Blacon Cemetery
Sec A Grave 629

Proctor Z7217

Flying Officer Beatty, George David (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-04
Blacon Cemetery, Chester, Cheshire, UK

Percival Proctor

Original image taken by a British government employee prior to 1956.
Source Wikipedia

The Percival Proctor was a British radio trainer and communications aircraft of the Second World War. The Proctor was a single-engined, low-wing monoplane with seating for three or four, depending on the model. Wikipedia

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Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

Beatty, George David (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-May-04

Proctor Z7217

Percival Proctor

Proctor Z7217

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