42-38004 Ol Man Tucker
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UPL 33350
"On the bomb run over Avord, France, a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" of the 381st Bomb Group has opened its bomb bay doors and soon will be over the target to drop another load of bombs on enemy installations."
Delivered Denver 10/11/43; Presque Is 30/11/43; Prestwick, UK 7/12/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-A] Ridgewell 6/1/44; 6 Missing in Action Eschwege 19/4/44 with Bob Rayburn, Co-pilot: Maynard Craft, Radio Operator: Don Peterson (3 Killed in Action); Navigator: Loren Morse, Bombardier: Ralph Simons, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Purser, Ball turret gunner: John Bristow, Waist gunner: De Forest Main,Tail gunner: Gerald Gerber (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, the flak set wing alight, crashed Rohrsburg, NW of Frettenrode, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4052. OL’ MAN TUCKER.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6910612
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-814378
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17110265
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35369299
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18079004
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner/Flight Engineer
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 19 April 1944 |