Kermit Beahan
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 35 years ago |
Date of birth | August 9,1918 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Joplin |
Missouri | |
United States | |
Date of died | March 9,1989 |
Died | Clear Lake City |
Texas | |
United States | |
Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
Other name | the Great Artiste |
Service/branch | United States Air Force |
Place of burial | Houston National Cemetery, Texas, United States |
Nicknam | the Great Artiste |
Awards | Silver Star |
Distinguished Flying Cross | |
Air Medal | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 755763 |
Kermit Beahan Life story
Kermit King Beahan was a career officer in the United States Air Force and its predecessor United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He was the bombardier on the crew flying the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar on August 9, 1945, that dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.