Raymond Julius Zucker

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 2 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven 11-Jun-43 in B-17 42-29915; Shot down, plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1760

Awards: AM, PH

Connections

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Units served with

379th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

524th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Anthony Lloyd William Amaya

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19040467 / O-733509
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Harry Ronald Anderson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 31329927 / O-793258
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Abram Earl Birch

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 15080111 / O-736083
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Michael G Froehlich

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 32458436
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Russell L Good

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 16050029
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

Aircraft

42-29915

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Thunder God
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Cambridge American Cemetery

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery

Aerial photograph of Kimbolton airfield looking west, the bomb dump and technical site with a T2 hangar is on the left, 10 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/635. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Boston, MA	16 August 1915	Son of Julius L and Ellian Jane [Hewitt] Zucker.
	Riverside, CA	16 October 1941	Draft registration. Engaged to Mary Ashmore.
Enlisted	Boston, MA	26 December 1941	Boston, Massachusetts
Died	North Sea	11 June 1943	Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven 11-Jun-43 in B-17 42-29915; Shot down, plane crashed into North Sea. KIA MACR 1760
Buried			Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery
Based Killed in Action (KIA)	Kimbolton	11 June 1943	Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date3 Feb 2021 18:47:19

ContributorAl_Skiff

ChangesChanges to biography and events

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56295853/raymond-julius-zucker
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency

Date5 Apr 2020 19:55:49

Contributorjmoore43

ChangesChanges to biography

Sources

Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date23 Jul 2019 21:37:25

ContributorAl_Skiff

ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, highest rank, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and mission associations

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/629508658
https://www.fold3.com/image/311039346?rec=300971907
https://www.fold3.com/record/85131478-raymond-v-zucker
https://www.fold3.com/record/529904166-raymond-j-zucker
http://8thairforce.com/members/missionsflownby.asp?perIdentification=26…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56295853/raymond-j-zucker

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:11

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1760 / MACR 1760; The 379th Bombardier Group Anthology, pg 262 and 345 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database