Rodric Charles Beckham
MilitaryShot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30203 'Shack-Up'. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner, Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17020056
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33282570
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39241144
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-733696
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shack Up
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
27 November 1914 | Chandler, Arizona, United States | |
Enlisted |
15 April 1942 | in Los Angeles, California | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
6 September 1943 | Interned at Stalag 9C in Bad Sulza, Saxe-Weimar, and Stalag XVIIB in Austria. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 12 July 1945." | |
Died |
21 June 2008 | ||
Born |
Modesto, Stanislaus County, California | ||
Buried |
Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, California |
Revisions
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
Corrected first name - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41191352/rodric-charles-beckham
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
Corrected last name : BECKHAM instead of Beckman...
MACR 3126
WWII Draft cards
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3126 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database