Richard M Beck

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media-57274.jpeg UPL 57274 Richard Meltam Beck 1945

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Object Number - UPL 57274 - Richard Meltam Beck 1945

Born Los Angeles, CA 1921 Designer on Lockheed P-38 prior to enlistment. Flew 35 combat missions as navigator of B-17 based in Glatton, England. Returned to USA residing San Francisco, CA. Owned Hi-FI store and electronics firm there. Called back for Korean War due to active reserve membership. Spent duration of war training radar operators at various US bases. Contractor to NORAD on DEW Line project travel to Greenland.

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Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

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Verified US Military records by his son Chris Johnson

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From National Archives

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.457thbombgroup.org/roster/Bnames.html

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Object number: UPL 57274 - Richard Meltam Beck 1945