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name
ENGELKING, Otto Beck - Date of
birth
13 November 1921 -
Age
22 -
Place of birth
Beeville, Bee County, Texas -
Hometown
Beeville, Bee County, Texas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-670516 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
572nd Bombardment Squadron,
391st Bombardment Group, Medium
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
18 April 1944 - Place of
death
English Channel 2 miles off Calais, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Otto Engelking (father)
Karolina M. (Beck) Engelking (mother)
Frederick E. Engelking (brother)
Ruby M. Engelking (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-95837 -
Data
Type: B-26B50
Destination: Sangatte Military Installations OCC, France
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 4027
More information
I saw a burst of flak hit no. 6 airplane, second box, under the nose wheel, about 15 feet below the airplane. The airplane still intact, nosed over in a dive. I followed the airplane half way down and then our plane banked away and I lost sight of the airplane. Later, I saw an oil slick where the airplane hit the water. I did not see any parachutes or dinghies. Statement by S/Sgt Jack C. Petrie.
Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - Hall Family Tree
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Paula J, Arie-Jan van Hees, Pilot Class Book 43-A,Bruce Field, Ballinger, Texas