Richard Ambler Beck
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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2ndLt Richard A Beck 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
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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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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: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38061582
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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 |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
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