Harold Charles Becker
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Front Row L-R: Jack Ogg-CP, Loren Van Steenis-P, Harold Becker-N, Lester Torbett-Bomb.
Back Row L-R: Archie Holladay-TTG, Robert Goodman-BTG, James Yarnall-WG, Joseph Clouthier-WG, Walter Schneider-TG, Ed Butchino-WG, Earl Benham-ROG. Yarnall wounded Feb 24, 1944, replaced by Clouthier
Object Number - UPL 50281 - JACK OGG CREW #13, 100th BG Front Row L-R: Jack Ogg-CP, Loren Van Steenis-P, Harold Becker-N, Lester Torbett-Bomb. Back Row L-R: Archie...
Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Van Steenis crew. 23 x combat missions. Killed instantaneously by flak on Berlin mission in B-17 42-38053 'Hard Luck II' Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19097333 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38018606 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33244262
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fennimore, WI | 24 April 1921 | Son of Clarence Lester and Edna E. [Edington] Becker. |
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Enlisted |
Peoria, IL | 1 March 1942 | |
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Other Commissioned |
Hondo Army Air Field, TX | 3 June 1943 | Commissioned 2nd Lt, Hondo Army Air Field, Texas |
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Died |
Over Berlin | 7 May 1944 | Killed instantaneously by flak on Berlin mission in B-17 42-38053 'Hard Luck II' Killed in Action (KIA) |
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Buried |
27 September 1948 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot E Row 1 Grave 24 |
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Combat Chronology p. 130 Supplement p. 432 , Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 650 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia