LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer George William TUCK
Service No: 408938
Born: Portland VIC, 8 April 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 June 1941
Unit: No. 128 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 128 Squadron Mosquito aircraft MN201), North West Europe, 24 November 1944, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Ralph Arthur and Amy Tuck, of South Portland, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Portland VIC
Remembered: Panel 258, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered: Panel 131, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On the night of 23/24 November 1944 Mosquito MN201 took off on night operations against Hanover, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. Following post war enquiries and investigations it was recorded in 1950 that the missing crew members had no known graves.
The crew members of MN201 were:
Sergeant Maurice Henry Moss (1686131) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Flying Officer George William Tuck (408938) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/169/80