Albert V Beyke
Military ROLL OF HONOURUploaded
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30389 'Dear Mom'. Killed in Action (KIA) near Lummen, Belgium.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dear Mom
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
21 September 1917 | ||
Died |
Lummen, Belgium | 17 August 1943 | Shot down by a German Fighter, Karl Borris, flying a FW190 |
Buried |
Fort Recovery, Ohio, USA | Killed in Action near Lummen, Belgium. His remains were recovered and temporarily interred in the Allied Cemetery, Brustem Airfield, Belgium, near St. Trond, Belgium. Subsequently his remains were moved to the US Military Cemetery, Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium on 26 April 1945. At the request of his mother his remains were interred at St. Mary's Cemetery, Fort Recovery, Ohio in June 1950. |
Revisions
Updated the Burial event. Added a Burial event. Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for readability.
Lee Cunningham, 13-Oct-43/Stan Bishop 'Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces'
Lee Cunningham, 13-Oct-43/Stan Bishop 'Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces'.
Lee Cunningham, 13-Oct-2014, Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 323, Awards and Burial Location, American Battle Monuments Commission(ABMC)/National Archives Records Administration (NARA) record.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 323 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database