This Military Service Page was created/owned by
A3C Michael S. Bell (Unit Historian)
to remember
Rucker, Emmett S., Jr., Lt Col.
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This Veteran has an (IMO) In Memory Of Headstone in Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii,as well as in Fayette Cemetery, Fayette, Mississippi.
Enlisted in the Air Corps 6 April 1942 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma as a Private. He had a year of college prior to enlisting. Must have then gone to OCS, flight school, etc.. Home of record at enlistment was Jefferson County, Oklahoma. He is listed also as one of those fallen from Jefferson County. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~okjeffer/ww_2.htm
He was born in Waurika, Jefferson County, Oklahoma. Home of record was Wichita Falls, Texas. Full name: Emmett S. Rucker, Jr.. B-29A pilot and aircraft commander of the " Haulin' Ass" (serial number 44-62103) during the Korean War (from 6 December 1951-3 November 1952). Aircraft was from the 343rd Bomb Squadron, 98th Bomb Wing out of Yokota, Japan. Shot down on its last mission over the Sea of Japan.
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See nose art at http://home.comcast.net/~noseart/haulinass.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~b29sinthekoreanwar/contributors.htm http://home.comcast.net/~b29sinthekoreanwar/0-b29MasterList.htm
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45593580
Aircraft/Missile Information
Model Fairchild C-123K Provider Length 78.48 ft | 23.92 m Width 110.01 ft | 33.53 m Height 33.99 ft | 10.36 m Engine(s) 2 x Pratt & Whitney R-2800-99W Double Wasp 18-cylinder radial piston engines generating 2,300hp each; 2 x General Electric J85-GE-17 turbojet engines developing 2,850lbf each. Empty Weight 35,367 lbs | 16,042 kg MTOW 59,525 lbs | 27,000 kg Max Speed 228 mph | 367 km/h | 198 kts Max Range 1,035 miles | 1,666 km Ceiling 28,871 ft | 8,800 m | 5.5 miles Climb Rate 1,150 ft/min Hardpoints 0 Armament None. Accommodations 3 + 62 Operators Cambodia, El Salvador, Laos, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Vietnam (South), Thailand, Venezuela and the United States of America.
