John R Tucker
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Image courtesy of Lawrence Fick, Navigator, 458th Bomb Group, from his collection of images pertaining to George Koehn and crew on the 458th Bomb Group website, and shared with the permission of Darin Scorza webmaster of 458bg.com
Object Number - UPL 50439 - Second Lieutenant John R Tucker of the 458th Bomb Group.
Assigned to 742BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Tucker was declared Missing in Action on 24-Sep-44, while taking part in a fuel delivery mission to Saint Dizier. Tucker's aircraft B-24 42-52348 "Lady Shamrock" was fired on by enemy flak and exploded over the Netherlands. Dutch Coast guard recovered the wreckage.
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: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31203718
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-699697
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lady Shamrock
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Winnsboro, Louisiana, USA | 14 March 1917 | Ollie Lee and Ruth [Knowles] Tucker. |
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Enlisted |
Esler Field, Camp Beauregard, LA | 27 October 1942 | Esler Field, Camp Beauregard, Louisiana |
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Died |
Saint Dizier | 24 September 1944 | |
|
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Commemorated on the tablets of the missing. Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands | |
|
Buried |
Greenwood Cemetery Ruston, Lincoln Parish, LA | Memorialised Greenwood Cemetery Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana | |
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Based |
Horsham St Faith | 24 September 1944 | Assigned to 742BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/84828970/john-r-tucker-wwii-army-enlistmen…
https://www.fold3.com/record/529877958/john-r-tucker-american-battle-mo…
https://www.fold3.com/record/717714590/tucker-john-r-defense-powmia-acc…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56304697/john-r-tucker
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57652689/john-r-tucker
Brought together information from duplicate record including information drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Page 428 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45) & Page 283 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010
Further information provided by Carson Tucker, relative, 458BG and Honor states
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9574 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
