SSGT George Anton “Whitey” Beck Jr. (1921-1945) - Find A Grave Memorial

Enlisted (37653841) in the Army Air Corps on 5 January 1943. Completed airplane mechanic school and aerial gunnery training (MOS 748). Underwent B-29 aircraft transition and combat crew training at Pratt Army Air Field, Kansas.

Shipped to Herington AAF for out-processing and pre-deployment staging to the Pacific Theatre of Operations aboard B-29 Superfortress serial #42-24593 "American Maid" tail code A-Square-7.

Left Blister Aerial Gunner, B-29 Superfortress serial #42-65348, tail code: A-Square-16, 20th Air Force, XXI Bomber Command, 73rd Bomb Wing, 497th Bombardment Group (VH), 869th Bomber Squadron at Isely Airfield on Saipan in the Mariana Islands.

MACR 14593

On 1 June 1945, A-SQ-16 was hit by AAA-flak over the target at Osaka, setting the #1 engine on-fire. According to a Japanese historian, tail #348 was subsequently shot down by fighters and crashed in a mountain south of Osaka, Japan.

World War II Honoree (wwiimemorial.com)

SSGT George Anton Beck Jr. (1921-1945) - Find A Grave Memorial

George A Beck