Lawrence Edwin Becker

Military
media-40013.jpeg UPL 40013 "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Fatso" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 March 1944."

Rear L-R: 2Lt Edmund H Lutz, 2Lt,Frank A Banell, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, 2Lt Andrew B Creo.

Front L-R: Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn.

Crew for 24-Mar-44 in B-17 42-30720 were 2Lt Andrew B Creo (P), 2Lt Edmund H Lutz (CP), 2Lt Frank A Banell (N), S/Sgt Carl B Christensen (Tog), Sgt's William M Martin (TT), Howard C Damon (RO), Elmer L Koelling (BT), Billy J Hancock (RW), Russell Boyd (LW), Lawrence E Becker (TG).

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Object Number - UPL 40013 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Fatso" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 March 1944." Rear...

Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 36 x combat missions. ETD.





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Aircraft

42-37859

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

42-38161

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sara Jane
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

42-38183

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Lost Angel
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron 525th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 379th Bomb Group inspect the damaged tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-39789) nicknamed “Skunkface”.

42-39789

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Skunkface
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Exeter, NE 10 August 1922 Son of John Henry and Gertrude Elizabeth [Emanuel] Becker.

Enlisted

5 November 1966 Re-enlisted USAF.

Other

Discharged USAF

31 January 1970 Honourable discharge.

Died

Nebraska, USA 28 October 1976

Buried

Fir Lane Memorial Park, Spanaway, Pierce County, WA 30 October 1976 Fir Lane Memorial Park Spanaway, Pierce County, WA

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Woodbine Cemetery Valley City, Barnes County, ND Memorialised Woodbine Cemetery Valley City, Barnes County, ND

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