Name:
Helner Beck
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
16071582
Unit:
751st Bomber Squadron, 457th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-04-20
State:
Wisconsin
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Me
Plot:
D
Row:
26
Grave:
41
Decoration:
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Comments:
Sgt Helner Beck, belly gunner of the B-17 42-97137 “Silver Queen”, took off from station 130 in Glatton, Cambridgeshire, UK on a bombing mission over the V1 site of Gorenflos. The plane was hit by flak between the belly turret and radio station. It crashed at 1850, killing all but two crew members.