Harvey Wallace Tuber
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Joseph W Jennings Military Papers - 1943-1945
Object Number - UPL 31938 - S. Sgt. Harvey Tuber
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 11 x combat missions. John Daly crew. Failed to Return (FTR) in B-17 42-31083. A/C exploded mid-air near Downham Market, England, navigator survived. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17070153
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 16 March 1944
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Wilmette, Illinois | 19 November 1918 | Son of Edward Phillip and Ada [Lowenthal] Tuber. |
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Enlisted |
Chicago, IL, USA | 6 April 1942 | Chicago, Illinois |
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Based |
Pyote Army Airfield | 23 September 1943 - 8 December 1943 | B-17 Flying Fortress crew training |
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Based |
Kimbolton | 20 February 1944 - 11 April 1944 | Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
Barroway Drove, Downham Market PE38 0AJ, UK | 11 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) in B-17 42-31083. A/C exploded mid-air near Downham Market, England, navigator survived. Killed in Action (KIA) |
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Buried |
12 April 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery. | |
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Based |
Snettisham | 19 February 1944 | Intensive gunnery training |
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Buried |
Memorial Park Cemetery and Crematorium Skokie, Cook County, IL | Re-Interred Memorial Park Cemetery and Crematorium Skokie, Cook County, Illinois |
Revisions
Bibliography: [Betz, Frank L. and Kenneth H. Cassens editors]. 379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, Volume One: November 1942-July 1945. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, 2000, p. 302.
Combat Chronology; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 302 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia