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LT  Ariel S. BEAN

UNIT: 351st BOMB Sqdn POSITION: CP
SERIAL #: STATUS: FEH
MACR:

Comments1: LaGRANGE, OR

COMMENTS & NOTES

MEMO 1:

CREW:

1ST  LT JAMES W. JOHNSON, JR        P FEH
2ND LT ARIEL S. BEAN                    CP FEH
2ND LT EUGENE A. CARPENTER     NAV FEH
S/SGT HOLLY G. HAWORTH          ROG FEH
S/SGT LeROY C. ZIMMERMAN        TTE FEH
S/SGT DONALD L. HIDER              BTG FEH
S/SGT THEODORE R. PARKER        WG FEH
S/SGT THOMAS GOLESKI             TOG FEH
S/SGT STANLEY L. PODKOWA      TG FEH

351ST SQDN..  CREW, AS ABOVE, JOINED THE 100TH ON 04 MAR 45
THE NAME OF THEIR AIRCRAFT "THE SUPER GOOSE"  43-39424 (per info from Lt Johnson in Oct 2007) Near the end of our tour we were given a brand new B-17G and told that if we took her up and tested her out, she would be our plane. We flew her on our last two missions and two Chowhounds.  

The artwork was suppose to be a Fist with a Thumb straight Up which was designed by the Navigator.  According to Lt Johnson, he flew two missions as a CP with other crews before flying his first misson with his own Crew.  He said his first mission was to Berlin and he had gas so bad he was afraid to pass gas in fear of soiling his pants.  He would never live it down.  On his first mission with his Crew, March 18, 1945, he witnessed 3 B-17's  get hit by Me252's and go down in flames.  He could not believe his aircraft was not hit in the atack.  Lt Carpenter was the dry wit of the Crew.  Carpenter would say things like, "Hey Lt, you’re here in Combat yet  your not old enough to vote" or when flak would come up, he would say "I don't think these people like us over here" and Lt Carpenter would refer to flak as "Black Black Flares"    

 MISSIONS OF 2ND LT EUGENE A. CARPENTER (mpf 2001)

#   Date       Target                                A/C #     A/C Name
1.  18/03/45 BERLIN 
2.  22/03/45 ALHORN 
3.  24/03/45 STEENWIJK                         231767 OUR GAL SAL
4.  24/03/45 HAVELTE                            231767 OUR GAL SAL 
5.. 28/03/45 HANOVER                           337815 "YOU CAN'T LOSE" 
6. 30/03/45 HAMBURG 
7. 31/03/45 ZEITZ 
8.   3/04/45 KIEL                                   337815 "YOU CAN'T LOSE" 
9.   4/04/45 KIEL                                   297126  THE LATEST RUMOR 
10. 5/04/45 NURNBURG                            48836  ST LOUIS WOMAN 
11. 6/04/45 LEIPZIG                               297126  THE LATEST RUMOR 
12. 7/04/45 BUCHEN                               338852  NO NAME 
13. 8/04/45 EGER 
14. 9/04/45 MUNICH                                338963  NO NAME 
15.14/04/45 ROYAN                                339424 "THE SUPER GOOSE" 
16. 15/04/45 ROYAN 
17. 16/04/45 POINT DeGRAVE, ROYAN 
18. 20/04/45 ORANIENBURG                    339424 "THE SUPER GOOSE" 

MAY 1, 1945 CHOWHOUND                     339424 "THE SUPER GOOSE' 
MAY 5, 1945 CHOWHOUND                     339424 "THE SUPER GOOSE"



Ariel S. Bean

La Grande

1923-2012

 

Ariel S. Bean, 89, of La Grande, died Oct. 29. Viewing will be held at 10 a.m., followed by funeral services at 11, Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, corner of 12th and Gekeler in La Grande. Interment will follow at the Hillcrest Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center.

Ariel was born Feb. 15, 1923, in La Grande, the eldest child of George Ariel and Ellen “Nellie” (Storey) Bean. He attended school in La Grande and Union, graduating from La Grande High School in 1940. Ariel continued his education at what is now known as Eastern Oregon University, earning a BA. He received a master’s degree from the University of Oregon and a DED from Brigham Young University.

Ariel was an Eagle Scout and also earned the Bronze, Gold and Silver Palm scouting awards. He served his country in World War II and received the USAAC medal, the European Theater of Operations medal, while flying a B-17 in the 8th Air Corp, 100th Bomb Group.

Ariel spent his life in service to his church and community. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he served in the Sunday school program, YMMIA, Elder’s Quorum, High Priest’s group and as genealogy chairman. He was the first bishop of La Grande’s Third Ward, serving from 1970 to 1975. Ariel was also the stake clerk, stake historian and a member of the High Council. As historian he compiled several hundred pages of history, covering the period from 1950 to 2008. 

He also served in the LDS Boise Temple from the year it opened, 1985, until 2008.

On April 22, 1948, Ariel married Elaine Roundy, daughter of William A. and Olive Wale Roundy, in La Grande. She died of multiple myeloma in 1980. He married Jean Ilene Ferdinandsen on Sept. 4, 1990, in Rouge River. Jean died in 2003.

Ariel taught in the La Grande School District for 32 years. He taught U.S. and Oregon history, English and journalism. He was advisor to the Tiger Highlights until his retirement in 
1984.

Ariel’s hobbies included fishing, camping, reading and writing what he would call bad poetry. He enjoyed gardening, growing and sharing his corn and tomatoes. He was generous with his time, visiting widows and the homebound.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Barbara Miller earlier this year.

Survivors include his children, Paula Fischer of Farmington, N.M., and Benjamin E. Bean of La Grande; siblings, David S. Bean and Ruth B. Veal, both of La Grande; and six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Memorial donations may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project or to LDS missionaries.

MEMO 2:

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ID: 279