Robert Stanford Tuck

WINGER COMMANDER ROBERT STANFORD TUCK (DSO DFC & Two Bars AFC) d1987. British fighter and test pilot. He joined the RAF in 1935. He first engaged in combat during the Battle of Britain over Dunkirk claiming his first victories. In September 1940 he was promoted to squadron leader and commanded a Hawker Hurricane squadron. In 1941–1942, he participated in fighter sweeps over northern France. On 28th January 1942, he was hit by anti-aircraft fire, force-landed in France and was taken prisoner. At the time of his capture, he had claimed 29 enemy aircraft destroyed / two shared destroyed / six probably destroyed / six damaged and one shared damaged. He retired from the RAF in 1949 and in later life was a test-pilot and mushroom farmer. He died aged 70 in 1987