Dick F Tucker
MilitaryMay 1944-December 1944; P-47D-28-RA OC-T 42-28819 /Jodie Darlin/
Class 43-A; Williams Field, AZ; at MH 5/44 to 12/44; flew P-47s & P-51s in 75 missions; in Reserve a short time.
DFC/ AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DUC
4 in Air; 2 on Ground
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Units served with
![Ground crew of the 356th Fighter Group congratulate the pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Zombie" at Martlesham Heath air base. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'ZOMBIE yellow, black outline. [illegible text] black white common practice of 361st FS.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377162.jpg.webp?itok=Cj8CR9kY)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Squint
- Unit: 356th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron
Events
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster from ESCORT The 356th Fighter Group Over Europe 1943-1945 by Kent D. Miller / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / self