Albert V Beyke

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-5510.jpeg UPL 5510 Picture from family Beyke

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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

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • 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

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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.

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Added a Born event per per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 37205286.

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Corrected the year of the Burial event.

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Updated the Burial event. Added a Burial event. Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for readability.

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Beyke family

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US Army Personnel Center, Alexandria, VA

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Lee Cunningham, 13-Oct-2014.

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Lee Cunningham 13-Oct-2014

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Lee Cunningham, 13-Oct-43.

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Lee Cunningham, 13-Oct-43/Stan Bishop 'Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces'

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Lee Cunningham, 13-Oct-43/Stan Bishop 'Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces'.

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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.

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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

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