Service Details
Name:
TUCKER
Given Name:
WILFRED DAVID
Initials:
W D
Service No:
102537
Trade:
W.Op./Air Gnr.
Rank:
Air Sergeant
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Regiment:
South African Air Force
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Unit:
21 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
1941-11-20
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Age:
32
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, 4 crew (1 survived), shot down by Bf109. Possibly shot down by Hans-Arnold "Fiffi" Stahlschmidt, who was credited with 59 victories, in Martin Maryland Mk I/II #1664
Additional
Information:
Brother of Reginald John Tucker, of Benoni
Commemoration
Country:
Egypt
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Cemetery:
HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
10. D. 10.

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