Canadian Contribution | ||
Fg Off J W Tucker |
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© Joe Tucker, USA. | ||
Flying Officer Joseph William Tucker, 19 OTU, RAF Forres. |
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"F/O Joseph William Tucker was born in Cobalt, Ontario. Enlisted in the RCAF in 1942 and was posted to 19 OTU in July 1944, training as a bomb aimer. He was killed on August 30, 1944 when Whitley Mk. V, AD712 crashed near Stirling. F/O Tucker was 21 years old. He and his fellow airmen are interred in Cadder Cemetery, Lanarkshire." | ||
Fellow airmen that fell this day, Flt. Sgt. F. L. Frank (Windsor, Ontario, Canada) (Pilot) Sgt. G. H. Barr (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) (Air Gunner), Sgt. R. M. Dickie (Welland, Ontario, Canada) (Air Gunner), Sgt. F. C. Moran (interred Northwood, UK) Sgt. E. F. Cooper (interred Sheffield, UK) |
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Contributed by his Nephew, Joe Tucker, 2000. |
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