Petty Officer Airman

Donald Tucker

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Sydney F. B. and Annie Tucker, of Island Bay, Wellington.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Crashed on landing aboard HMS Smiter. He missed the 1st wire and when the arrester hook parted, went over the side of the carrier's deck. [For Your Tomorrow. Errol Martyn Vol.2 p. 305] 

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Casualty

Service Number: 
3070
Name:
Donald Tucker
Rank: 
Petty Officer Airman
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Navy, HMS Heron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
29 December 1944
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 3.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Donald Tucker
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