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Wing 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 the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1935 and first engaged in combat during the Battle of France, over Dunkirk, claiming his first victories.
23 set 1998 · By August 1936, he had earned his pilot wings and was posted to No. 65 Squadron at Hornchurch, flying Gloster Gladiator I biplane fighters. During his two years with 65 Squadron, Tuck led the squadron in aerobatics, radio navigation, formation flying, interception and ground attack.
Robert Roland Stanford Tuck was born at Catford, London on 1st July 1916. His father Stanley was successively a clerk, finance manager and company secretary. He served in the Army, including the Sussex Yeomanry, in the First World War.
9 mag 1987 · Robert Stanford-Tuck, considered by many World War II students as the greatest Spitfire pilot of all time, died Tuesday at his home in the seaside village of Sandwich Bay in England's...
Robert R.S.Tuck, terzo Asso Britannico con 29 vittorie confermate, è nato il 1 Luglio 1916 da genitori Ebrei a Catford a sud di Londra. Dopo una disastrosa carriera scolastica ha lasciato il College St Dunstan, nel 1932 a 16 Anni per entrare nella marina mercantile come cadetto prima di entrare nella RAF nel1935 a 19 Anni.
The first full reappraisal of one of Britain’s great fighter aces, this book examines the truth behind Tuck’s 1956 biography, Fly for Your Life. It looks at the evidence behind the myths, checks out some of the exaggerated stories and reveals the real Stanford Tuck.
- Helen Doe
30 ott 2020 · Flight Commander Robert Stanford-Tuck in the cockpit of his Spitfire (Picture: PA). That was how things worked in ideal conditions, anyway. But whereas plotting units neatly on a map and swiftly dispatching squadron intercepts based upon them was the ideal scenario, at other times, the primitive technology couldn’t distinguish ...
