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Last Rank
Staff Sergeant
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Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 514-Radar Crewman (Designated Set)
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Last AFSC Group
Air Crew (Enlisted)
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Primary Unit
1952-1952, 5th Air Force
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Service Years
1949 - 1952
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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth 1932 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Sgt D.L. Kimbrow (Skip)
to remember
Becker, Roscoe George, SSgt.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town Not Specified |
Last Address Tillamook
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Casualty Date Jun 13, 1952 |
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Cause Hostile, Died while Missing |
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea |
Location Pacific |
Conflict Cold War Incident - Korean Air Lines Flight 007 |
Location of Interment Buried at Sea, Pacific Ocean |
Wall/Plot Coordinates Lost over Sea of Japan |
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Last Known Activity SStaff Sergeant Becker was a "scanner" crew member on RB-29A (# 44-61810) with the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron.
His aircraft departed Yokota Air Base, Honshu, Japan on an electronic surveillance mission. It was shot down by 2 Russian MiG-15's over the Sea of Japan south of Mys Ostrovnoy, north of Hokkaido. ("Mys" translates to "cape"). Two empty rafts were spotted on the open ocean with no occupants..
The crew remain MIA.
Maj. Samuel Busch, Philadelphia, PA (Aircraft Commander)
1st Lt. James Sculley, Philadelphia, PA (Pilot)
Capt. Samuel Service, Berkeley, CA (Radar Operator)
1st Lt. Robert J. McDonnell, Oceanside, NY (navigator)
M.Sgt. William B. Homer, Jeannette, PA (Crew Chief)
MSgt. David L. Moore, Yokota, Japan
SSgt. William Blizzard, Arlington, CA (Radio Operator)
SSgt. Miquel W. Monserrat, Philadelphia, PA (Central Fire Control Gunner)
SSgt. Eddie Berg, Blackduck, MN (Tail Gunner)
SSgt. Leon Bonura, Beaumont, TX (Left Scanner)
SSgt. Roscoe G. Becker, Tillamook, OR (Right Scanner)
A1c Danny Pilsbury, Orange, TX (Camera Operator)
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