Arthur L Tucker
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 30862 - S/Sgt Tucker. Photo credited to "Mighty Men of the 381st: Heroes All" by Dr. James Good Brown
BTG, Manchester crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29941 'Tarfu'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 884. The aircraft was on fire and exploded, splitting the plane in half at the ball turret. Killed in Action (KIA). Originally interred in the Catholic cemetery at Bersenbrueck.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16014880
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734961
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32275984
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736900
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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Events
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Died |
8 October 1943 | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 8 October 1943 |
Revisions
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 884 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 884 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database