U.S. Army Air Forces · United States 
Staff Sergeant Charles P Becker served in the U.S. Army Air Forces. Charles served in World War II. Charles was 29 years old.
Sgt. Charles P. Becker graduated from South Park High School and was a crane operator at Republic Steel Corp. before entering the service. | | Enemy fighters pulled up close behind us. They hit the top of the wing and set fire to the main gastank. Dropped out of formation, fighters following and scored hits in tail, fire was seen spreading. Stalled on its tail, bomb doors were seen to open but no one bailed out. | The B-26 lost further altitude and then the tail seemed to fall off. The aircraft entered a cloud bank and seemed to desintegrate, entirely aflame. This happened at 12.26 hours 5142N – 0305E, which is about 30 km west of Westkapelle on Walcheren Island over the North Sea.
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