SSGT USAAF WWII - MIA/KIA
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He was the son of Andrew Shepard Tucker and Ollie Mae Owen of Palmyra, Lincoln Co AR.
His crewmate, Sgt Walter R Oswalt been one of many survivors who previously bailed out of a C-47 transport crash over India. Oswalt had broken his leg in the jump. The survivors made a long trek back to safety with the help of locals. This account is written in the book 'Flying The Hump: In Original WWII Color'. Captain Porter, a Pilot with more than 2,250 flight hours followed with an effort to establish a permanent Search & Rescue Squadron for missing air crews over the Hump.
The crash in which Porter, Oswalt and his crew were later killed is documented in the same book, with an account given by the sole survivor and CoPilot, Lt James F Spain.
With the exception of Lt Spain, he and the other crew members were killed 10 December 1943 in 'B-25D #41-30362' when it crashed near Chabua, Assam, India.
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He was the son of Andrew Shepard Tucker and Ollie Mae Owen of Palmyra, Lincoln Co AR.
His crewmate, Sgt Walter R Oswalt been one of many survivors who previously bailed out of a C-47 transport crash over India. Oswalt had broken his leg in the jump. The survivors made a long trek back to safety with the help of locals. This account is written in the book 'Flying The Hump: In Original WWII Color'. Captain Porter, a Pilot with more than 2,250 flight hours followed with an effort to establish a permanent Search & Rescue Squadron for missing air crews over the Hump.
The crash in which Porter, Oswalt and his crew were later killed is documented in the same book, with an account given by the sole survivor and CoPilot, Lt James F Spain.
With the exception of Lt Spain, he and the other crew members were killed 10 December 1943 in 'B-25D #41-30362' when it crashed near Chabua, Assam, India.
SSGT USAAF WWII - MIA/KIA
EQS EAST SEO, Sector Search Sq
He was the son of Andrew Shepard Tucker and Ollie Mae Owen of Palmyra, Lincoln Co AR.
His crewmate, Sgt Walter R Oswalt been one of many survivors who previously bailed out of a C-47 transport crash over India. Oswalt had broken his leg in the jump. The survivors made a long trek back to safety with the help of locals. This account is written in the book 'Flying The Hump: In Original WWII Color'. Captain Porter, a Pilot with more than 2,250 flight hours followed with an effort to establish a permanent Search & Rescue Squadron for missing air crews over the Hump.
The crash in which Porter, Oswalt and his crew were later killed is documented in the same book, with an account given by the sole survivor and CoPilot, Lt James F Spain.
With the exception of Lt Spain, he and the other crew members were killed 10 December 1943 in 'B-25D #41-30362' when it crashed near Chabua, Assam, India.
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He was the son of Andrew Shepard Tucker and Ollie Mae Owen of Palmyra, Lincoln Co AR.
His crewmate, Sgt Walter R Oswalt been one of many survivors who previously bailed out of a C-47 transport crash over India. Oswalt had broken his leg in the jump. The survivors made a long trek back to safety with the help of locals. This account is written in the book 'Flying The Hump: In Original WWII Color'. Captain Porter, a Pilot with more than 2,250 flight hours followed with an effort to establish a permanent Search & Rescue Squadron for missing air crews over the Hump.
The crash in which Porter, Oswalt and his crew were later killed is documented in the same book, with an account given by the sole survivor and CoPilot, Lt James F Spain.
With the exception of Lt Spain, he and the other crew members were killed 10 December 1943 in 'B-25D #41-30362' when it crashed near Chabua, Assam, India.
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Entered the service from Arkansas.
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