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    Commander Robert Roland Stanford Tuck, DSO, DFC & Two Bars, AFC (1 July 1916 – 5 May 1987) was a British fighter pilot, flying ace and test pilot. Tuck joined...
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  • Robert Tuck may refer to: Robert J. Tuck (1863–1930), American politician in the Virginia House of Delegates Robert Stanford Tuck (1916–1987), British...
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    Galland also became friends with many former enemies, such as RAF aces Robert Stanford Tuck and Douglas Bader. Galland was born in Westerholt (now Herten), Westphalia...
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    helicopter adventurer. Matt Salter, former captain of Bristol Rugby. Robert Stanford Tuck, fighter pilot and test pilot. Chuka Umunna, former Liberal Democrat...
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  • in the battle including Group Captain Tom Gleave, Wing Commander Robert Stanford Tuck, Squadron Leader Bolesław Drobiński and Luftwaffe Generalleutnant...
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    of the camp, by Col Arthur A. Durand, USAF (Ret.). Wing Commander Robert Stanford Tuck, a British flying ace with 29 victories, was imprisoned at Sagan...
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  • record producer and songwriter ("Hard to Handle"), heart attack. Robert Stanford Tuck, 70, British fighter pilot and flying ace in the Royal Air Force...
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  • Squadron Leader Roger Bushell (right) with Wing Commander Robert Stanford Tuck....
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    Robert Stanford Tuck (1916–1987), British fighter pilot, flying ace, and test pilot, member of the Royal Air Force, war hero of World War II Robert Sturges...
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    British reconnaissance pilot during World War II. Squadron Leader Robert Stanford Tuck, RAF: distinguished British pilot and flying ace during World War...
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  • gunner was the first in the RAF to down a German fighter. 2 June: Robert Stanford Tuck led a wing of Spitfires from RAF Martlesham Heath, the first "big...
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    Corps flying ace who was awarded the DFC three times Wing Commander Robert Stanford Tuck, Royal Air Force flying ace who was awarded the DFC three times Squadron...
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  • lawyer Robert Stanford Tuck (1916–1987), British Second World War fighter ace and test pilot Ruth Tuck (1914–2008), Australian painter Shane Tuck (1981–2020)...
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    Alan Partridge-based podcast 'Monkey Tennis' resides in Catford. Robert Stanford Tuck, Second World War fighter ace. Chris Welch, music journalist and...
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    Bader was shot down in error and taken prisoner on 9 August 1941; Robert Stanford Tuck's Spitfire was hit by enemy ground-based flak near Boulogne-sur-Mer...
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    and Robert Shaw as squadron leaders. Former participants of the battle served as technical advisers, including Adolf Galland and Robert Stanford Tuck. In...
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    operations in August 1941 and July 1942 respectively. Squadron leader Robert Stanford Tuck would be captured carrying out a similar operation in January 1942...
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    Sydney Greenstreet (1879–1954) stage and film actor Wing Commander Robert Stanford Tuck lived in the village in the village from 1953 until his retirement...
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    captured on 20 September 1944 during Market Garden Wing Commander Robert Stanford Tuck, No. 257 Squadron, RAF. Battle of Britain ace. Squadron Leader Pete...
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    Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, DL, FRAeS (/ˈbɑːdər/; 21 February 1910 – 5 September 1982) was a Royal Air Force...
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    alarm was raised. This party included RAF fighter ace Wing Commander Robert Stanford Tuck. All participants in the escape were held for a period of time in...
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    Commander Guy Gibson, went on to lead the Dambusters. Flying ace Robert Stanford Tuck was at Pembrey with 92 Squadron in 1940. An attempt to establish...
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    medium bombers – Hampdens and Blenheims – and 264's CO flew against Robert Stanford Tuck in a Spitfire, showing that the Defiant could defend itself by circling...
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  • former wife, Joyce (née Carter), subsequently married the aviator Robert Stanford Tuck. Baker-Harber was educated at Tonbridge School. Baker-Harber qualified...
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  • The second season of Nip/Tuck premiered on June 22, 2004 and concluded on October 5, 2004. It consisted of 16 episodes. Dylan Walsh as Dr. Sean McNamara...
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    and Crews 1942–1943. Midland Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-075-3. Jackson, Robert. (1976). Fighter Pilots of World War II. New York: St. Martin's Press....
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    Tucson, Arizona. Composite of five Hurricanes in the markings of Robert Stanford Tuck while flying with No. 257 Squadron RAF in Summer, 1940.[citation...
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    1977–Jul 1991) British Aerospace Hawk T.1/T.1A (Sep 1992–Oct 1994) Robert Stanford Tuck 27 enemy aircraft destroyed, two shared destroyed, six probably destroyed...
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    another source, Werknummer 5094 was destroyed in this engagement by Robert Stanford Tuck, who had pursued a Bf 109 to that location and whose pilot was rescued...
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    film Battle of Britain, the character of Squadron Leader Skipper played by Robert Shaw was based on Malan. List of top World War II aces List of World War...
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