James Robert Becker
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 60561 - Sgt James R. Becker
Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17 42-31214 'Return Engagement' crashed near Borstel. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Return Engagement
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fort Worth, Texas, USA | 30 May 1923 | Born Fort Worth, Texas |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
8 March 1944 | ||
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten, Netherlands | 1 January 1946 | Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands |
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Sources
ABMC, MACR 3085, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3085 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
