Frederick Luther Stukey Jr

Military

Assigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 42-40364 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'; shot down near the Yugoslavia/Bulgaria border by enemy fighters during withdrawal from the target. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 165



SSgt Stukey was on Crew 67-19 with Capt Gunn on movement orders to North Africa on January 27, 1943. He was always assigned to the 98th Bomb Group. He was not assigned to the 389th Bomb Group.



Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC), PH, ACM, EAME w/2 campaign stars

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 389th Bomb Group stand with a B-24 Liberator used as a Flight Assembly Ship. Image via Tim Bivens. Handwritten caption from Bivens: 'My friend remembers it being named "Bucksheesh Benny" that it was used to fly Jack Benny around USA shows. Says it flew in North Africa with Benny and was eventually assigned to 389th as a hack and later as a form-up ship. He thinks it was originally with another group (possibly 376th or 98th).' Handwritten caption on reverse: '389th BG Form-up ship.'

98th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

James A Gunn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11037168 / O-791098
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Missions

Places

Benina

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Soluch Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Little Rock, AR 25 October 1918 Son of Frederick Luther Sr and Minnie Annie Stukey.

Enlisted

Camp Josepth T Robinson, Little Rock, AR 20 June 1942 Camp Josepth T Robinson Little Rock Arkansas

Died

Macedonia (FYROM) 1 August 1943

Buried

12 July 1949 Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Grave 107, Section 15
Little Rock, AR, USA

Revisions

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Updated awards and bio section. SSgt Stukey was on Crew 67-19 with Capt Gunn on movement orders to North Africa on January 27, 1943. He was always assigned to the 98th Bomb Group. He was not assigned to the 389th Bomb Group.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49359934/frederick-luther-stukey

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https://www.fold3.com/image/310763641
https://www.fold3.com/image/547379242
https://www.fold3.com/record/90324456/frederick-l-stukey-jr-wwii-army-e…
https://www.fold3.com/record/711072040/stukey-frederick-l-u-s-veterans-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/702465738/stukey-frederick-l-u-s-wwii-hosp…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49359934/frederick-l-stukey

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KIA during Operation Tidal Wave.

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NARA file verified awards.

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Updated biography information.

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ASN number on movement order.

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Movement order has ASN.

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Movement order has Stukey with 98th BG.

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Re-checked MACR 165: https://www.fold3.com/image/1/29417957
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49359934/frederick-l-stukey

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 165