Harry W Tucker
Military(Back L-R)
1st Lt Lawrence G Dunnica (Pilot), 2nd Lt Orson E Pacey (CoPilot), 1st Lt Leonard E Thornton (Nav), 2nd Lt James H Montgomery (Bomb
(Front L-R)
T/Sgt Harry W Tucker (Eng), S/Sgt Philip T Cascio (Ball), T/Sgt Bertis W Holland (Radio), S/Sgt Robert L Dew (R Waist), S/Sgt Claude F Taylor (Tail).
TSGT Harry W. Tucker was assigned as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on 1Lt Lawrence G. Dunnica's crew on B-17F 42-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS at Kellog Field. Battle Creek, Michigan on 3-Sep-42. He arrived at Molesworth, UK with the aircraft on 24-Oct-43. He participated in 11 Operations - 4 Aborted (See Biography events)
16-February-1943, shot down in B-17F 41-24541 'Spook' while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. Aircraft was attacked by ME-109s when it descended to assist another aircraft. Went down in Channel off Brest Peninsula.The target was St. Nazaire. 4 crew members survived to become Prisoner of War (POW)s
POW
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spook
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 February 1943
- Date: 23 January 1943
- Date: 13 January 1943
- Date: 30 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 20 December 1942
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
28 March 1905 | ||
Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Battle Creek, MI, USA | 3 September 1942 | Assigned as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS at Kellog Field, Battle Creek, Michigan. |
Other Arrived at Station |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 24 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK with B-17F 41-24541 "Spook", 303BG 358BS. |
Other Mission #1 TSGT Harry W. Tucker w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 42-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France (RTB OK) |
Other Mission #2 TSGT Harry W. Tucker w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 November 1942 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 42-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France (RTB OK) |
Other Mission #3 TSGT Harry W. Tucker w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 42-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France (RTB OK). |
Other Mission #4 TSGT Harry W. Tucker w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS -Aborted |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 42-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France, but mechanical failure forced the Pilot to abor t the mission. |
Other Mission #5 TSGT Harry W. Tucker w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 42-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France (RTB OK) |
Other Mission #6 TSGT Harry W. Tucker w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS -Aborted |
Lorient, France | 30 December 1942 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 42-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France, but mechanical failures forced the Pilot to abort the mission.(RTB OK) |
Other Mission #7 TSGT Harry W. Tucker w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS -Aborted |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 42-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the topedo storage areas at St. Nazaire, France, but mechanical failures forced the Pilot to abort the mission. |
Other Mission #8 TSGT Harry W. Tucker w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS |
Lille, France | 13 January 1943 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 42-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the Five Company Locomotive Works at Lille, France (RTB OK) |
Other Mission #9 TSGT Harry W. Tucker w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS |
Lorient, France | 23 January 1943 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 42-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the port areas of Lorient, France (RTB OK). |
Other Mission #10 TSGT Harry W. Tucker w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS - Aborted |
Hamm, Germany | 14 February 1943 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 42-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the industrial areas of Hamm, Germany, but weather forced a recall of the entire 303BG despatch. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 16 February 1943 - 2 July 1945 | Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Genikendorf (near Krems) Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 2-Jul-45. |
Other Mission #11 TSGT Harry W. Tucker w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS POW |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 16 February 1943 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 42-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the port area of St. Nazaire, France. The aircraft was shot down by German fighters but the managed to bale out and was captures as a Prisoner of War (POW) |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 17-Aug-2015. Added Mission #11 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 16-Feb-43, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/016.pdf
Lee Cunningham 17-Aug-2015. Added Mission #10 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 14-Feb-43, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/015.pdf
Lee Cunningham 17-Aug-2015. Added Mission #9 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 23-Jan-43, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/011.pdf
Lee Cunningham 17-Aug-2015. Added Mission #8 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 13-Jan-43, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/010.pdf
Lee Cunningham 17-Aug-2015. Added Mission #7 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 3-Jan-43, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/010.pdf
Lee Cunningham 17-Aug-2015. Added Mission #6 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 30-Dec-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/008.pdf
Lee Cunningham 17-Aug-2015. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 20-Dec-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 17-Aug-2015. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 12-Dec-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 17-Aug-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 6-Dec-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf
Lee Cunningham 17-Aug-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 23-Nov-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf
Lee Cunningham 17-Aug-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 22-Nov-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 17-Aug-2015 Added Assigned to AIrcraft and Arrived at Station events per 303BG webiste Lawrence G. Dunnica crew page, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-358-dunnica.html; Added Operation participation and connected Missions per 303BG website Mission Reports, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missions.html
Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2015 . Confirmed SN per MACR 15476; Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII database; Made connections to Place and Mission and added decorations within existing website data; Added crew position and minor edits to Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15476 / MACR 15476, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 77, NARA web site, Might in Flight Daily Diary of Hell's Angels by Harry Gobrect pp. 137-8 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database