Karl Edmund Becker Sr

Military
media-27614.jpeg UPL 27614 "Although this Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" (A/C 890) of the 379th Bomb Group was badly damaged during a raid on Nazi installations, its crew brought it back to its 8th Air Force Base In England. 28 June 1944." - Pilot Lt Karl Becker takes one last look at the damage of his ship.

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Object Number - UPL 27614 - "Although this Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" (A/C 890) of the 379th Bomb Group was badly damaged during a raid on Nazi installations, its crew...

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. Returned from mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Lil Satan' after direct hit to nose of A/C. Returned to Duty (RTD). 25-Jun-44. MACR 6738.



Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

People

Major Alex B. Andrews, an 8th Air Force HQ special observer, in the cockpit of a damaged B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Lil Satan" of the 379th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '379 BG. 25/6/44, 245. Alex B. Andrews, B/Gen USAF (ret.), Box 2627, Raleigh NC, USA.'

Alexander Boyd Andrews

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-900076
  • Highest Rank: General
  • Role/Job: Observer

George Martin Brittain

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18231673
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Robert Walter Evans

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14114980 / O-809562
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

James Albert Lalonde

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36718447
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball turret

Arthur Matt Maatta

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16012081 / O-732992
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-107014

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lucy
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Major Alex B. Andrews, an 8th Air Force HQ special observer, in the cockpit of a damaged B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Lil Satan" of the 379th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '379 BG. 25/6/44, 245. Alex B. Andrews, B/Gen USAF (ret.), Box 2627, Raleigh NC, USA.'

42-97890

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Queen of Hearts Lil Satan
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ravenna, OH 6 November 1915 Son of Clara H Becker.

Enlisted

Omaha, NE 18 June 1942 Omaha, Nebraska

Died

Wichita, KS 14 October 2006

Buried

Ascension Cemetery Bel Aire, Sedgwick County, KS 20 October 2006 Ascension Cemetery Bel Aire, Sedgwick County, KS
Wichita, KS

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000/379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, 1942-45; p. 159, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 661; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 311

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Object number: UPL 27614 - "Although this Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" (A/C...