John J Beckman

Military
media-30636.jpeg UPL 30636 John J Beckman, 490th Bomb Group Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.

Object Number - UPL 30636 - John J Beckman, 490th Bomb Group

He was drafted in September 1943, and after attending Serial Gunnery School was assigned to an air crew at Lincoln Nebraska. In November 1944 they shipped out aboard the 'USS Wakefield' a troop transport for England and the 490thBG at Eye. He flew on 28 combat missions - his first was to Berlin.

He afterwards worked for Iowa Highway Patrol, retiring in 1980.



Awards Air Medal with Oak Leaf clusters.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

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Born

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Added an Association to “Eye”, the home base of the 490th BG.

Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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Iowans of the Might 8th

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History

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Object number: UPL 30636 - John J Beckman, 490th Bomb Group

Object number: UPL 30637 - John J Beckman and his crew at the 490th BG, Eye...