Fred R Beck

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-31846.jpeg UPL 31846 SSGT Fred R Beck, He was the left Waist Gunner on B17 42-31621 'Stormy Weather. ' 96th Bomb Group, which crashed on May 12th 1944 at Bellmuth, 22 miles NE of Frankfurt Germany.

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Object Number - UPL 31846 - SSGT Fred R Beck, He was the left Waist Gunner on B17 42-31621 'Stormy Weather. ' 96th Bomb Group, which crashed on May 12th 1944 at Bellmuth, 22...

Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #4231621 'Stormy Weather. ' Killed in Action (KIA).



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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

Aircraft

42-31621

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

12 May 1944

Born

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Killed in Action (KIA)

12 May 1944

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4856 / MACR 4856; Snetterton Falcons, pg 134 & 147 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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