Richard Ambler Beck

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-57154.jpeg UPL 57154 2ndLt Richard A Beck 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron

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Object Number - UPL 57154 - 2ndLt Richard A Beck 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron

Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-102958 3-May-45; hit by ground rocket, crashed Berlin Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12047.





Awards: PH.

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Petro A Martinez

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Daniel E McTaggart

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Walter A Rosenberger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Dale Brenton Snow

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-132383
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Tucson, Arizona, USA 18 July 1922 Son of Amelia 'Aimee' St. John [Hickok] and Walter George Beck.

Died

Killed in Action

Berlin, Germany 3 February 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-102958 3-May-45; hit by ground rocket, crashed Berlin Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12047.

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot D Row 8 Grave 37

Based

Thorpe Abbotts 3 February 1945 Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Center Cemetery Bethel, Fairfield County, CT Memorialised Center Cemetery Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12047 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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