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Beck, Friedrich (Kampfgeschwader 100)

Date of birth:
February 17th, 1921 (Würzburg)
Date of death:
February 23rd, 1944 (over London)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Cannock Chase
Plot: 1. Row: 08. Grave: 295.
Nationality:
German

Biography

February 22nd, 1944-February 23rd, 1944: Unteroffizier, 3. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 100, KIA when He 177A-3 Werknummer 332.227 coded "5J (or 6N) + QL"shot down during a night raid on London by a Mosquito of 25th RAF Squadron flown by F/Lt Bailie - broke up in the air and fell on Wolsey Farm, Yoxford, Suffolk - remaining crew:
-Ofw DKiG Wolfgang Ruppe (o02.05.1917 in Berlin), Flugzeugführer, KIA
-Uffz Georg Lobenz (o14.01.1922), Beobachter, KIA
-Uffz Georg Markgraf (o12.11.1923 in Bahrdorf), Bordmechaniker, KIA
-Uffz Ernst Werner (o20.01.1923), Bordschütze 1, KIA
-Ogefr Emil Imm (o26.03.1922), Bordschütze 2, WIA and POW

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
Bordfunker
Awarded on:
August 9th, 1943
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

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