William H. Beale

William Beale
Birth name	William Henry Beale Jr.[1]
Born	October 25, 1920 Spokane, Washington
Died	April 6, 1962(1962-04-06) (aged 41) Xieng Dat, Vientiane Province, Laos[1]
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army Air Forces Central Intelligence Agency
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Battles/wars	Second World War Permesta Rebellion US covert campaign in Laos
Spouse(s)	Sung Ching Beale[1]

William Henry Beale Jr. (October 25, 1920 – April 6, 1962) was a US military and paramilitary aviator. In the Second World War, he was in the USAAF and flew bombing missions in the northern Pacific theater. In the Permesta rebellion in Indonesia in 1958 he flew bombing missions for the CIA. His career ended on a CIA covert mission in Laos in 1962 when he was killed in a plane crash.