William N Tucker Jr

Military
media-26468.jpeg UPL 26468 Lt. William Nathan Tucker

This is from The Perquimans Weekly; 21 Jan 1944

Object Number - UPL 26468 - Lt. William Nathan Tucker

On return from fighter support mission to Oschersleben on 11 Jan 1944, P-47D #42-75090 got separated from the flight in extremely poor weather and crashed near RAF Rednall, Shropshire. Killed in Action (KIA)



Lt. Tucker was graduated from Moon Field, TX, and received his wings on March 20, 1943. He was one of ten men of his class chosen to fly one of the Army's newest fighter planes. During his training, he scored an average of 35.8 above the expert gunners.



Lt. Tucker was a P-47 pilot and was killed when his plane crashed in England due to enemy fire after the first daylight raid over Germany on January 11, 1944.

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Born

Hertford, North Carolina 16 June 1917

Died

11 January 1944

Buried

Cedarwood Cemetery, Hertford, NC 27944, USA 16 July 1948

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

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I've been using local and military records to piece together this pilot's story.

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AccidentReports.com, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Object number: UPL 26468 - Lt. William Nathan Tucker