TUCKER, William John
Service Number: | 416633 |
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Enlisted: | 21 July 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 12 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 7 February 1917 |
Home Town: | Toorak Gardens, Burnside, South Australia |
Schooling: | Pulteney Grammar School and St Peters College, South Australia |
Occupation: | Bank clerk |
Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 15 June 1943, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany Plot 3, Row A, Grave 17 |
Memorials: | Adelaide Pulteney Grammar School WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Sydney Commonwealth Bank Adelaide WW2 Honour Board |
World War 2 Service
21 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 416633, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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21 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 416633 | |
15 Jun 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 416633, No. 12 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Charles Alexander Tucker and Ethel Kerr of 110 Watson Aenue, Toorak Gardens, Adelaide, South Australia; brother of Shirley Lillian Tucker
Plane was Lancaster W4992 lost while on air operations near Oberhausn, Germany. Aircraft was hit by Flak approaching the Ruhr and blew up almost immediately. Only the Navigator survived to be taken as Prisoner of War