Served Dec-41 to Jan-44 with RCAF. Transferred as a Flying Officer to USAAF. Assigned to 358FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed Tour Duty (ETD). 99 x missions, credited multiple kills. Crashed near Neuberg in P-51D 44-14230 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12835.



'His parents believed that he was shot down and baled out over Bavaria, only to be killed by German civilians.'

Named as victim of an unlawful killing of a prisoner of war in US War Crimes Trial no. 12-2404. 3 perpetrators sentenced to death and hanged.



Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (2 OLC), PH.



DFC Citation: "The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Flight Officer Jack M. Beckman (ASN: T-223078), United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Fighter Pilot of the EIGHTH Air Force, in accomplishing fifty fighter combat mission, or the equivalent thereof, over enemy occupied Continental Europe during World War II. The skillful and zealous manner in which this officer has sought out the enemy and engaged him in aerial combat, his devotion to duty and courage under all conditions serve as an inspiration to his fellow flyers. His actions on all these occasions reflect the highest credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States."