Serviceman

James A Tucker

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Army serial number

34169794

Rank

Cpl (2 January 1944), SSGT (14 June 1944), SSGT (30 June 1944), S/Sgt (21 July 1944), S/Sgt (28 July 1944), Sgt (28 August 1944), s/Sgt (1 September 1944)

Hometown

CLOVERDALE AL; Cloverdale AL

Also written

James Tucker

In the book

Heroes of the 483rd, p. 16

Sources

483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, macr-crew, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org

Crews

• Jonas Lemoyne Blank Crew · 815th

Missions placed on him

• mission 1, 12 April 1944 · Split · The Jonas Lemoyne Blank crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 16)
• mission 11, 30 April 1944 · Milan · The Jonas Lemoyne Blank crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 16)
• mission 28, 2 June 1944 · Debrecen · The Jonas Lemoyne Blank crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 16)
• mission 29, 6 June 1944 · Galati · The Jonas Lemoyne Blank crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 16)
• mission 30, 11 June 1944 · Focsani · The Jonas Lemoyne Blank crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 16)
• mission 48, 9 July 1944 · Ploesti · The Jonas Lemoyne Blank crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 16)
• mission 51, 18 July 1944 · Memmingen · The Jonas Lemoyne Blank crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 16)
• mission 80, 28 August 1944 · Moosbierbaum · Aboard, per the Missing Air Crew Report

A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.

Awards

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Aboard a lost aircraft

• MACR 11278 · 42-97913 · 28 August 1944 · mission 80, 28 August 1944 · MIA

Morning reports

6 entries, first 6 December 1943, last 1 September 1944; grades seen: Cpl, S/Sgt, s/Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

• 1943-12-06 815th: ,WD Sgt Kenneth M Cunningham
• 1944-01-02 HQ: dy to sk (ID) in hosp
• 1944-07-21 815th: Above 4 0 & 6 EM fr dy to TD at Isle of OFFICER FLD o & CAPT 1ST LT
• 1944-07-28 815th: above 4 0 and 6 EM fr Td at Isle of Capri Rest Camp to dy
• 1944-09-01 815th: Nicolaisen ((748) S/Sgt above 4 0 and 6 EM fr dy to MIA 88 of 28 August We
• 1944-09-01 815th: Nicolaisen ((748) S/Sgt above 4 0 and 6 EM fr dy to MIA 88 of 28 August We

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 39, roll 461010974 p. 672, roll 481431546 p. 178, roll 481431546 p. 189, roll 570165454 p. 251, roll 570165454 p. 4121

Statements, mentions and histories

• 12 more statements from MACR 11278 are on the loss record.