Winfred Leeper Rucker
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 61134 - 2nd Lt Winfred L Rucker
Killed in Action (KIA). Crashed after take-off on practice mission in B-17 42-30305 'Flak Shack'
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
![Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378743.jpg.webp?itok=HBB0lqjl)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flak Shack
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
27 May 1920 | BornTrenton, Missouri | |
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Died |
16 July 1943 | ||
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Buried |
17 July 1943 | InterredCambridge American Cemetery and MemorialCoton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England |
Revisions
Added an Association to the 100th BG, the parent bomb group of the 349th, 350th, 351st & 418th Bomb Squadrons & the 412th Air Service group.
Added an Association to “Thorpe Abbotts”, the home base of the 100th BG.
Added an Association to the A/C #42-30305 listed in the "Summary biography".
Combat Chronology Supplement, Century Bombers p. 14, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 184 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
