Sam Houston Tucker Jr

Military

Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30202. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12168148
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-673572
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-325
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38188080
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34312218
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

9 June 1920 Artesia, New Mexico, the son of Sam H. and Callie Mae Tucker

Enlisted

15 July 1942 Abilene, Taylor County, Texas

Other

Bailed out

30 July 1943 of 42-30202, over Belgium

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

30 July 1943 Interned at Stalag XVIIB in Braunau, near Krems, Austria. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 18 July 1945."

Died

Amarillo, Texas, USA 7 August 1994

Buried

Amarillo, Texas, USA 10 August 1994 Sam Tucker Jr rests at the Memory Gardens Cemetery
Abilene, Taylor County, Texas

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a location for the Died & Buried events.

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 3125
NARA WWII Enlistment recods
NARA WWII POW records
US Census 1940
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)
Personal research for 42-30202 and its crew for Tail Gunner Donald Boyd's page at http://www.evasioncomete.org/fboyddm.html

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3125