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CPL Buster Beck

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CPL Buster Beck

Birth
Arkansas, USA
Death
4 Feb 1945 (aged 25–26)
India
Burial
Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Cpl. Buster Beck DNB
Home: Texas
Squadron:
Service # 38077222
Awards:
Pilot

MACR# 12033
Target: Transfer Mission
Mission Date: 4-Feb-45
Serial Number: # 42-107386
Aircraft Model C-46A
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location:55 miles West of Karoi India
Cause: Mechanical
2 Crew 33 passengers DNB 1 survivor.

This C46 with a crew of Two and 33 passengers departed Chabua Air base India for Karachi Pakistan. While flying over remote Jungle terrain they developed mechanical problems caught fire and crashed on mountain elevation of 6559 feet killing 35. Twenty two of the passengers were in the 22nd Bomb Squadron 341st Bomb Group being sent home for reassignment. Miraculously there was 1 survivor T/Sgt. Marvin H. Jacobs. He walked away with minor cuts and bruises and was soon rescued by locals and repatriated to the US. The casualties were eventually located and buried in a mass grave at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in 1950.

Passengers and crew of 42-107386
1st/Lt. Lawrence C. Archer
1st/Lt. Lawrence C. Archer
1st/Lt. Kenneth R. Arnette
1st/Lt. Thomas J. Harper
1st/Lt. James W. Brokaw
1st/Lt. Myron L. Cook
1st/Lt. John A. Flach
1st/Lt. John F. McDonough Jr.
1st/Lt. Charles B. Moore
1st/Lt. Harold B. Morse
1st/Lt. Howard S. Pierson
1st/Lt. William E. Price
1st/Lt. Frederick J. Raubinger
1st/Lt. Louis F. Worland
1st/Lt. Marshall Young
2nd/Lt. Robert H. Maddox
Fl/Of. Cecil A. Weaver
T/Sgt. Allan H. Cousins
T/Sgt. Philip Feld
T/Sgt. Robert E. Finks
T/Sgt. Lawrence G. Jacobs
T/Sgt. Scott F. Mitchell
S/Sgt. Harlan G. Casper
S/Sgt. Joseph B. Hewitt Jr.
S/Sgt. Merrill R. Hyde
S/Sgt. David McKissock Jr.
S/Sgt. Ernest B. Schenck
S/Sgt. Forman F. Smith
Sgt. Joseph F. Kehrer
Cpl. Buster Beck
Pfc. Lester F. Sellers
Pfc. James G. Goodman
Pfc. Norman C. Maxfeldt
Private Harold B. Erwin

Survivor T/Sgt. Marvin H Jacobs
Cpl. Buster Beck DNB
Home: Texas
Squadron:
Service # 38077222
Awards:
Pilot

MACR# 12033
Target: Transfer Mission
Mission Date: 4-Feb-45
Serial Number: # 42-107386
Aircraft Model C-46A
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location:55 miles West of Karoi India
Cause: Mechanical
2 Crew 33 passengers DNB 1 survivor.

This C46 with a crew of Two and 33 passengers departed Chabua Air base India for Karachi Pakistan. While flying over remote Jungle terrain they developed mechanical problems caught fire and crashed on mountain elevation of 6559 feet killing 35. Twenty two of the passengers were in the 22nd Bomb Squadron 341st Bomb Group being sent home for reassignment. Miraculously there was 1 survivor T/Sgt. Marvin H. Jacobs. He walked away with minor cuts and bruises and was soon rescued by locals and repatriated to the US. The casualties were eventually located and buried in a mass grave at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in 1950.

Passengers and crew of 42-107386
1st/Lt. Lawrence C. Archer
1st/Lt. Lawrence C. Archer
1st/Lt. Kenneth R. Arnette
1st/Lt. Thomas J. Harper
1st/Lt. James W. Brokaw
1st/Lt. Myron L. Cook
1st/Lt. John A. Flach
1st/Lt. John F. McDonough Jr.
1st/Lt. Charles B. Moore
1st/Lt. Harold B. Morse
1st/Lt. Howard S. Pierson
1st/Lt. William E. Price
1st/Lt. Frederick J. Raubinger
1st/Lt. Louis F. Worland
1st/Lt. Marshall Young
2nd/Lt. Robert H. Maddox
Fl/Of. Cecil A. Weaver
T/Sgt. Allan H. Cousins
T/Sgt. Philip Feld
T/Sgt. Robert E. Finks
T/Sgt. Lawrence G. Jacobs
T/Sgt. Scott F. Mitchell
S/Sgt. Harlan G. Casper
S/Sgt. Joseph B. Hewitt Jr.
S/Sgt. Merrill R. Hyde
S/Sgt. David McKissock Jr.
S/Sgt. Ernest B. Schenck
S/Sgt. Forman F. Smith
Sgt. Joseph F. Kehrer
Cpl. Buster Beck
Pfc. Lester F. Sellers
Pfc. James G. Goodman
Pfc. Norman C. Maxfeldt
Private Harold B. Erwin

Survivor T/Sgt. Marvin H Jacobs

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CPL, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II

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  • Created by: ShaneO
  • Added: Sep 2, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41475656/buster-beck: accessed ), memorial page for CPL Buster Beck (1919–4 Feb 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41475656, citing Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).