Marvin Gene Beck

Military
B-24 'Dinky Duck' crew UPL 64200 UPL 64200 B-24 'Dinky Duck' crew
Rear L-R: Lupe Servin, Marvin Beck. Harry King, John Servin, Don Douglas, Eugene Johnson
Front L-R: E. M. McDonald, Fred Sojka, Henry Carrigee, Harry Gamble

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Guadulupe Hernandez Servin John Hernandez Servin Marvin Gene Beck Harry Eugene King Donald Douglas Eugene Earl Johnson Fred Frank Sojka Harry Reynolds Gamble Henry Edward Carrigee

Object Number - UPL 64200 - B-24 'Dinky Duck' crew Rear L-R: Lupe Servin, Marvin Beck. Harry King, John Servin, Don Douglas, Eugene Johnson Front L-R: E. M. McDonald, Fred...

Assigned to 706BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD

 

Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-29142

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Dinky Duck
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main airfield gate is also situated, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/930. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bungay

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Flixton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

East St Louis, Illinois 28 January 1925 Born East St Louis, Illinois

Enlisted

Peoria, Illinois 20 April 1943 Enlisted Peoria, Illinois

Other

Discharged

14 October 1945

Died

Rolla, Missouri 1 May 2008 Died Rolla, Missouri

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/656315603

https://www.fold3.com/record/82333864/marvin-g-beck-us-social-security-…

https://www.fold3.com/record/89811016/marvin-g-beck-us-wwii-army-enlist…

https://www.fold3.com/record/706007585/beck-marvin-g-us-wwii-hospital-a…

https://www.fold3.com/record/528467853/marvin-beck-1925-us-veterans-aff…

https://legacy.catalog.archives.gov/id/138691424

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.446bg.com/

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B-24 'Dinky Duck' crew

Object number: UPL 64200 - B-24 'Dinky Duck' crew Rear L-R: Lupe Servin...