Richard Frost Tasker
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Rear L-R: 2Lt Richard F Tasker, F/O Clyde Meadows, 2Lt John Joseph McDonnell, 2Lt Angelito Francis
Front L-R: Sgt Charles S Van Ornum Jr, Sgt Enrique M. Reider, Sgt Glenn A Minnix, Sgt Arthur H Driver, Sgt William D Toon
Object Number - UPL 37309 - "Lt Tasker and crew of the 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group based in England, pose in front of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 4 December...
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 19 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Aschaffenburg; crashed near Rottweil in B-17 42-97058 'Scorchy II' Killed in Action (KIA) 21-Jan-45 MACR 11760
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19185058
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11064324 / O-828293
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33371029
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 351st Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (384th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: 16035994
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: MOS 538 - Voice Interpreter (Designated Language)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33427064
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 21 January 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
New Bedford, Massachusetts | 31 October 1920 | Son of Estella Tasker. |
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Enlisted |
Massachusetts, USA | 12 March 1944 | |
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Other Ferry crew member |
Dow Field, Bangor, ME | 26 October 1944 | Aboard B-17 44-8477 departed Dow Field, ME destination ETO. |
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Died |
Rottweil, Germany | 21 January 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Aschaffenburg; mid air collision crashed near Rottweil in B-17 42-97058 'Scorchy II' KIA 21-Jan-45 MACR 11760 |
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Based |
Molesworth | 21 January 1945 | Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, MA | Oak Grove Cemetery New Bedford, Bristol County, MA |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11760, http://www.303rdbg.com/359tasker.html">http://www.303rdbg.com/359tasker.html>