Thomas P Beckett

Military
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear. There is also some gear lying in front of the men. UPL 66031 UPL 66031 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 17 August 1943/Schweinfurt, Germany.
Back L-R: Joe Baggs (B), Ed Knowling (N), Herman Wollenweber (CP/observer), Tom Beckett (Group Leader), Johnny Butler (P).
Front row: Danial Griffin (BT), Marion Rogers (WG), Joe Turlington (TT), Preston Davis (RO), Burnia Martin (WG).

Photo Courtesy of Johnny Butler.  https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/21634/category/LeadCrews

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Object Number - UPL 66031 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 17 August 1943/Schweinfurt, Germany. Back L-R: Joe Baggs (B), Ed Knowling (N), Herman Wollenweber (CP/observer), Tom...

Assigned to the 384th BG, HQ Det., on Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #362, as Group Operations Officer, per Group Historian memo dated 3 January 1943.

Was Operations officer under Colonel Budd J. Peaslee, the first commander of the 384th Bomb Group.

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The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

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384th BG History, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Thomas P Beckett: Gallery (14 items)

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear. There is also some gear lying in front of the men.

Object number: UPL 66031 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 17 August 1943...

Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing cold-weather flying gear.

Object number: UPL 67034 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 5 December 1943/5...

Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. The men are wearing cold-weather flying gear. There are large canvas bags on the ground in front of the men.

Object number: UPL 67306 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 6 February 1944/...

Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.

Object number: UPL 67416 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 24 February 1944...

Ten men in military uniform, standing in two rows in front of a building.

Object number: UPL 67695 - Col. Julius Kahn Lacey and Staff, 384th...

Ten men in Air Force uniform standing in a room in two rows.

Object number: UPL 68170 - Back Left-Right: LTC. Alfred C. Nuttall, Maj...

Ten men wearing Air Force uniform, standing in two rows in front of a building. The men in the first row are kneeling.

Object number: UPL 68179 - Back L-R: Thomas Beckett (Ops Officer), George...

In the foreground are two men in Air Force uniform and a partial view of a man on the left side. The man in the middle is seated and looking at a paper. The man on the right is leaning in and smiling. In the background are two men looking at a large wall chart.

Object number: UPL 68208 - Lt. Col. William E. Buck, Col. Dale O. Smith, and...

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing combat flying gear.

Object number: UPL 68463 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 6 June 1944...

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.

Object number: UPL 68479 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 8 June 1944/Orleans...

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear, five men kneeling in front. The men are wearing combat flying gear. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

Object number: UPL 68494 - Home / 384th During WWII / 384th Bomb Group Lead...

Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in three rows in front of a military airplane parked on grass. Five men standing to the rear and six men seated in front. Large canvas bags are on the ground.

Object number: UPL 68563 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 16 June 1944/Wing...