Aaron Murray Becker
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Aaron Murray Becker
Photo from Co de Swart, Holland
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19065544 and O-736646
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12164436
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37315856
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19040763 and O-742032
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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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Sources
NARA WWII Enlistment records
MACR 1018
ABMC (American Battle Monuments Commission) website
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Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1018; Snetterton Falcons, pg 61, 76, 311