Peter Beckowitz Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau 28-May-44 in B-17 42-31557 attacked by fighters and flak, plane went down near Belzig, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5308.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Lieutenants Wardlaw Hammon and Walter B Keith, Co-pilot and pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 401st Bomb Group, talk with Captain RJ White. Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 12 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '296491.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Photo shows: The pilot and co-pilot talking with Captain RJ White. Left to right: Lieut Wardlaw Hammond, co-pilot of Philadelphia, Penn: Lieut Walter B Keith, pilot, of Hodgeville, Kentucky: and Capt RJ White of K

Walter Burton Keith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802411
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31557

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

14806 Bad Belzig, Germany 28 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau 28-May-44 in B-17 42-31557 attacked by fighters and flak, plane went down near Belzig, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5308.

Born

Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, USA

Based

Deenethorpe 28 May 1944 Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.
Allegheny County, PA, USA

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28635081
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763603?terms=peter%20Beckowitz
https://www.fold3.com/image/109712259?terms=peter%20Beckowitz
Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102292682/peter-beckowitz

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
MACR 5308;
http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=507

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 5308 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database