Charles E Beck Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 23920 - Capt Charles E Beck, [ Los Angeles, CA ], 361st Fighter Squadron. Capt Beck seen here with an unidentified 361st FS P-47 coded either QI-C or QI-G.
Assigned to 361FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
![Ground crew of the 356th Fighter Group congratulate the pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Zombie" at Martlesham Heath air base. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'ZOMBIE yellow, black outline. [illegible text] black white common practice of 361st FS.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377162.jpg.webp?itok=Cj8CR9kY)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 354th Fighter Squadron 361st Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Patricia
- Unit: 356th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Crashed |
Paradise Valley Village, Phoenix, AZ, USA | 23 November 1943 | Landing Accident Paradise Valley, Phoenix, AZ Cat 3 damage 2Lt Charles E Fulbeck, 23-Nov-43. PT-17 41-25396 - 12AAFFTD |
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Based |
Martlesham Heath | 21 August 1944 - 21 July 1945 | Assigned to 361FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK | 10 November 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other Promotion |
Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK | 3 May 1945 | Promoted to 1st Captain. |
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Other Crashed |
Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK | 28 May 1945 | Take Off Accident Martlesham Heath/Sta369 Cat 4 damage 1Lt Charles E Beck, 28-May-45. P-51B7 43-6870W - 361FS 356FG 8AF |
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Other Crashed |
Corning, KS 66417, USA | 3 September 1949 | Forced Landing out of Fuel 3 miles Nth Corning, KS Cat 2 damage Capt Charles E Beck, 3-Sep-49. T-6D 41-34488 - 185FS 137FG |
| Los Angeles, CA, USA |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Beck
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Beck%2C+Charles+E
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit Histories
