World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
James E. Bean
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Bardstown, Kentucky
Honored By
Nancy M. Bean
Relationship
Wife
IN FEBRUARY, 1943 WAS CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY. COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN JANUARY, 1944. REMAINED AT FOSTER FIELD, TEXAS AS AN ADVANCED FLYING SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR. HE WAS LATTER ASSIGNED TO THE EUROPEAN THEATER, WHERE HE FLEW 41 COMBAT MISSIONS IN A P-47 IN FRANCE AND GERMANY. RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN 1947.