Peter Kucher
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A14795-80576AC.
Object Number - UPL 27698 - Warming up after a safe return from a raid on Norway, is S/Sgt. Frank C. Rumberger [ Johnston, Pa ], while S/Sgt. Peter Kucher [ Pittsburgh, Pa ],...
Radio operator, Wilson, A crew. Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. 2 x combat missions. Also from 535th BS. Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshaffen in B-17 42-3078 'Winsome Winn'. Mission #58 to the IG Farben plant at Ludwigshafen, Germany. Damaged by flak, the a/c fell behind and was attacked by fighters. The crew baled out when fire broke in No 1 and No 2 engines and a/c exploded at 500 ft. Hit in chest by 20mm cannon shell. Killed in Action (KIA). 7-Jan-44. MACR 1873. Buried in the Ardennes AMC.
Pittsburgh, PA
Awards: AM, PH.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-677815
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33250018
- Role/Job: Airplane Armorer-Gunner, Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16132482
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-685895
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-802508
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Allegheny County, PA, USA | 27 January 1917 | Son of Michael K and Anna [Melynk] Kucher. |
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 31 July 1942 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Died |
Saarbrücken, Germany | 7 January 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshaffen in B-17F 42-3078 'Winsome Winn'. Damaged by flak, the a/c fell behind and was attacked by fighters. The crew baled out when fire broke out in #'s 1 & 2 engines, a/c exploded at 500 ft. KIA. 7-Jan-44. MACR 1873. |
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Buried |
Saarbrücken, Germany | 8 January 1944 | Interred Saarbrücken Cemetery |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | |||
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Based |
Ridgewell | 7 January 1944 | Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot B Row 41 Grave 53 | |
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Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | Temporary Internment Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold |
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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 1873, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1873 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database