Staff Sergeant Charles J. Beauvais, ASN 0-6578521
Charles was one of five
children raised in the family homes in Yuma, Ariz. and Salt Lake City, Utah.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps and went to Gunnery School. He and
Margaret were married Oct. 15, 1941. An excellent mechanic, he went on to
become an aircraft bombsight specialist, serving in India during WW II.
After the war ended, he decided to make the military his career and was sent
to Brazil as a liaison in aircraft maintenance. His ingenuity and
development in jet engine maintenance resulted in an offer of a direct
commission to 1st Lt. in the U. S. Air Force. He was stationed at Mt. Home
AFB, then on to Japan, Texas, and the Dominican Republic. He was a skilled
troubleshooter and went TDY (temporary duty) to many exotic places to
oversee recovery of stranded aircraft of all types. He retired from the U.
S. Air Force in 1963.
SSgt. Beauvais' Find-A-Grave.com Memorial
Aircraft Bombsight Technician
10th Air Force / 7th Bombardment Group / HQ, 9th & 493rd Bombardment Squadrons
Entered Service: 18 Oct 39
Departed for CBI: 21 Nov 41 Returned: 9 Dec 44
7th BG Personnel
9th BS Personnel
493rd BS Personnel
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