Rodric Charles Beckham

Military

Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30203 'Shack-Up'. Prisoner of War (POW).

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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.'

Elmer Fred Schulz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19017700 / O-740947
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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.'

James Glasser Shilliday

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13057178 / O-670175
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
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.'

Robert Warren Wallin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17047207
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Born

27 November 1914 Chandler, Arizona, United States

Enlisted

15 April 1942 in Los Angeles, California

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

6 September 1943 Interned at Stalag 9C in Bad Sulza, Saxe-Weimar, and Stalag XVIIB in Austria. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 12 July 1945."

Died

21 June 2008

Born

Modesto, Stanislaus County, California

Buried

Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, California

Revisions

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Corrected first name - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41191352/rodric-charles-beckham

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ContributorED-BB
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Corrected last name : BECKHAM instead of Beckman...
MACR 3126
WWII Draft cards
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

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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