Jack D Beckelman
Military
Front row (left to right): Pilot - Jack D Beckelman, Co-Pilot - Elmer C Orndorff, Navigator - Alfred A Winograd, Bombardier - Frank T Sohm.
Back row (left to right): Engineer/Top Turret Gunner - Lee J Stephens, Radio/Gunner - David A Rector, Ball Turret Gunner - A W Carroll, Left Waist Gunner - Donald J Paquette, Right Waist Gunner - E S Matteson, Tail Gunner - L H Bean
Names provided by John Sohm, nephew of Frank Sohm
Object Number - UPL 56431 - Jack D Beckelman and his crew of the 95th Bomb Group at Langley Field, 1943. Front row (left to right): Pilot - Jack D Beckelman, Co-Pilot -...
Completed 35 combat missions with 95th BG. Completed 30 years of service with USAF, retiring 1 February 1970. Peace-time awards include LOM w/ OLC.
DFC w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ French Croix de Guerre w/ gold star
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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
Events
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Born |
Gainesville, Texas | 3 February 1920 |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
