Bernard Aloysius Becker

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Roy H. Mohr and his bomber crew of the 388th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30203). Handwritten caption on reverse: '230203 560BS SD6/9/43. Roy H. Mohr crew.' media-380278.jpg FRE 1473 Roy H. Mohr and his bomber crew of the 388th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30203). Handwritten caption on reverse: '230203 560BS SD6/9/43. Roy H. Mohr crew.' Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 1473 - Roy H. Mohr and his bomber crew of the 388th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30203). Handwritten caption on reverse:...

Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Roy Mohr crew. 13 x combat missions, six aborts. Failed to Return (FTR) Stuttgart in B-17 42-30203 'Shack-Up'; Shot down 6-Sep-43. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3126



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

People

Roy H. Mohr and his bomber crew of the 388th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30203). Handwritten caption on reverse: '230203 560BS SD6/9/43. Roy H. Mohr crew.'

Roy Henry Mohr

  • 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

Roy H. Mohr and his bomber crew of the 388th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30203). Handwritten caption on reverse: '230203 560BS SD6/9/43. Roy H. Mohr crew.'

42-30203

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shack Up
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Seneca, KS 15 November 1917 Son of Edward Joseph and Katherine Scholastica [Ronnebaum] Becker.

Enlisted

Fort Leavenworth, KS 29 August 1941 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Died

Sancourt, France 6 September 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Stuttgart in B-17 42-30203 'Shack-Up'; Shot down 6-Sep-43. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3126

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Lorraine American Cemetery St Avold, France

Based

Knettishall 6 September 1943 Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF.

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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

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Roy H. Mohr and his bomber crew of the 388th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30203). Handwritten caption on reverse: '230203 560BS SD6/9/43. Roy H. Mohr crew.'

Object number: FRE 1473 - Roy H. Mohr and his bomber crew of the 388th Bomb...