Hilmer Walter Beicker
Military
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FRE 3595
Hilmer Beicker of the 91st Bomb Group in the top turret of a B-17G Flying Fortress nicknamed "Qualified Quail". Printed caption on reverse of photo: 'Hilmer Beicker, Engineer on John Askin's crew. Note flak th[r]ough casting under left gun. Also patch ple[x]i-glass behind his head.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed on 2-Nov-44 at Westeroden in B-17 44-6093. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10141
Awards: PH, POW, GC, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-761845
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Houston, Texas, USA | 30 September 1918 | Son of Alfred August and Selma Helen [Beken] Beicker. |
Enlisted |
Houston, TX | 27 May 1943 | Houston, Texas |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 2 November 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Died |
3 January 1982 | ||
Buried |
Brookside Memorial Park Houston, Harris County, TX | 6 January 1982 | Brookside Memorial Park Houston, Harris County, Texas |
Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Bassingbourn | 2 November 1944 | Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10141 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database