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Pilot Offr David Thomas Tucker

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Pilot Offr David Thomas Tucker

Birth
Mount Lofty, Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia
Death
31 Oct 1941 (aged 20)
Balmaha, Stirling, Scotland
Burial
Polmont, Falkirk, Scotland Add to Map
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Pilot Officer - '407757' - Royal Australian Air Force
Son of Hugh Edward and Elsie Frances Tucker, of Brighton, South Australia.
"On the 31st October 1941, Spitfire P9320 from RAF Grangemouth was detailed to carrying out low flying forced landing exercises coupled with direction finding homing practice. The last radar contact made with the aircraft was a few minutes before 09:00 hours. Nothing more was heard from the aircraft which failed to return to base. Pilot Officer Tucker’s body was later located in the hills to the East of Loch Lomond at Gualann, Stirlingshire".
Pilot Officer - '407757' - Royal Australian Air Force
Son of Hugh Edward and Elsie Frances Tucker, of Brighton, South Australia.
"On the 31st October 1941, Spitfire P9320 from RAF Grangemouth was detailed to carrying out low flying forced landing exercises coupled with direction finding homing practice. The last radar contact made with the aircraft was a few minutes before 09:00 hours. Nothing more was heard from the aircraft which failed to return to base. Pilot Officer Tucker’s body was later located in the hills to the East of Loch Lomond at Gualann, Stirlingshire".


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