Tucker, Kenneth Milton (Flying Officer)

Prisoner of War 1944-August-27

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Service

RCAF

Unit

576 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Carpe Diem Seize the opportunity

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Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Service Numbers

J/29710
PoW: 5305

Target
Google MapKiel Germany

Took off from Elsham Wolds at 19:44 in Lancaster Mark III (Sqn code: UL-J2 Bomber Command).

Aircraft severely damaged by enemy action while on the bombing run which set fire to the starboard outer and to an oil tank leading it to crash

Two of the crew died in the crash: Flying Officer Jack Allan Linklatwe RCAF KIA Kiel War Cemetery 1. D. 21. Flight Sergeant Leslie Howard Stevenson RCAF KIA body destroyed in the crash Runnymede Memorial, England

The other five crew were captured: Sergeant Edwin Houghton Farrington RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia Sgt Leslie Howard Stephenson RCAF POW Pilot Officer Russell Earl Rogers RCAF POW Sergeant Leslie Howard Stephenson RCAF POW Warrant Officer Class 2 Keith Tate RCAF POW Flying Officer Kenneth Milton Tucker RCAF POW

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster PB400

Flying Officer Jack Allan Linklater RCAF

Flying Officer Linklater, Jack Allan (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-August-27
Kiel War Cemetery, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Sergeant Joseph Edmund Edmund O'Farrell RCAF

Sergeant O'Farrell, Joseph Edmund Edmund (RCAF)

Prisoner of War
1944-August-27
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer Russ E Rogers RCAF

Flying Officer Rogers, Russ E (RCAF)

Prisoner of War
1944-August-27
cemetery unknown

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Leslie Howard Stevenson RCAF

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Stevenson, Leslie Howard (RCAF)
Rear Gunner
Prisoner of War Murdered
1944-August-27
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Keith Tate RCAF

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Tate, Keith (RCAF)

Prisoner of War
1944-August-27
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer Kenneth Milton Tucker RCAF

Flying Officer Tucker, Kenneth Milton (RCAF)

Prisoner of War
1944-August-27
cemetery unknown