Aaron Murray Becker

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media-50147.png UPL 50147 Aaron Murray Becker

Photo from Co de Swart, Holland

Object Number - UPL 50147 - Aaron Murray Becker

Shot down 20 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3439. Killed in Action (KIA). Aaron Becker was a susbstitute for Pilot Charles F. Geyer's regular Radio Operator, Melvin H. Litke.

See the Geyer crew page at http://www.aircrewremembered.com/gallery/index.php?/category/5

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

People

William John Doherty

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31016678 and O-736630
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Charles Francis Geyer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14078651 and O-793406
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Alexander Joseph Guilianelli

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33273658
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Frank James Killarney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32416220
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Edward Leslie Lantron

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19140382
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-3439

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bridgeport, Connecticut 18 September 1923

Enlisted

New York City, New York, United States 19 October 1942 Enlisted as a Private in the Air Corps

Died

De Bilt, Holland, The Netherlands 20 October 1943
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States

Buried

His remains were found in the crash and buried on 23 October 1943 in a cemetery in Apeldoorn, Holland

Revisions

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Corrected Pilot's name in the website reference

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Added website address for the Baker crew

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Détails added about initial burial

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NARA WWII Enlistment records
MACR 1018
ABMC (American Battle Monuments Commission) website

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1018; Snetterton Falcons, pg 61, 76, 311

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Object number: UPL 50147 - Aaron Murray Becker