Walter L Tucker
Military ROLL OF HONOURAdded connections to airmen's records.
Mech failure 28 May 1944 in B-24 42-110074. Baled out off french coast Killed in Action(KIA). MACR 5387
Awards: AM, PH
Connections
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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: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34338880 / O-815111
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Satan's Mate
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Baltimore, MD, USA | 11 February 1943 | |
Died |
Off Dunkirk, France | 28 May 1944 | Mech failure 28 May 1944 in B-24 42-110074. Baled out off french coast Killed in Action(KIA). MACR 5387 |
Born |
Baltimore, Maryland, USA | Son of Lillian M Tucker. | |
Based |
Hethel | 28 May 1944 | Assigned to 567BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
3620 Wilkens Ave, Baltimore, MD 21229, USA | Loudon Park Cemetery Baltimore Baltimore City MD |
Revisions
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Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5387 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database