Stanley Tucker
Military
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UPL 27600
Picture taken after Stan was liberated from Stalag 17B , outside of Krems, Austria
Shirley Tucker Owens - Daughter (Genealogy)
Shot down over Les Andelys, France 4 April 1943 in B-17 #425146 (Chuck Wagon). Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag VII-A for approximately 6 months, then transferred to Stalag B17, where he spent 18 months until he was liberated .
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: What's Cookin' Doc
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Oregon | 9 May 1911 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
France | 4 April 1943 - 8 May 1945 | |
Died |
12 March 1969 |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15543 / MACR 15543, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p 99, NARA POW web site / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database