He was the son of Eva (Spangler) and Benjamin Tuck. He had worked as a logger. He died of catastrophic injuries on a road south of the McClellan Field runway in Sacramento, CA. He was survived by his wife Shirley M Tuck, his children, Michael and Deanne Tuck, and his mother and six sisters.
Contributor: November Skies (47303211) • [email protected] sent the following information.
During a flight from McChord Air Field in
Washington to Kingman, Arizona, the bomber
experienced structural failures due to severe
icing conditions, and crashed near McClellan
Field in Sacramento before it could make an
emergency landing.
All thirteen Army personnel aboard perished.
Killed aboard were:
2nd Lt. Charles W Williams (co-pilot)
2nd Lt. Frank J Baker
Maj. Frank Winkler
2nd Lt. James L Battle
Capt. William L McCurdy
2nd Lt. Thomas A Quirk
2nd Lt. Arthur H Thompson
2nd Lt. James S. Randall, 21, from Lucas County, Ohio;
T/Sgt. Gerald Z Bearg
Cpl. Roy D Glaser
Cpl. Lloyd W Krohn 23, from Carlton County, Minnesota;
Pvt. Clifford Tuck, 25, from Grays Harbor County, Wash.
Contributor: November Skies (47303211) • [email protected] sent the following information.
During a flight from McChord Air Field in
Washington to Kingman, Arizona, the bomber
experienced structural failures due to severe
icing conditions, and crashed near McClellan
Field in Sacramento before it could make an
emergency landing.
All thirteen Army personnel aboard perished.
Killed aboard were:
2nd Lt. Charles W Williams (co-pilot)
2nd Lt. Frank J Baker
Maj. Frank Winkler
2nd Lt. James L Battle
Capt. William L McCurdy
2nd Lt. Thomas A Quirk
2nd Lt. Arthur H Thompson
2nd Lt. James S. Randall, 21, from Lucas County, Ohio;
T/Sgt. Gerald Z Bearg
Cpl. Roy D Glaser
Cpl. Lloyd W Krohn 23, from Carlton County, Minnesota;
Pvt. Clifford Tuck, 25, from Grays Harbor County, Wash.
He was the son of Eva (Spangler) and Benjamin Tuck. He had worked as a logger. He died of catastrophic injuries on a road south of the McClellan Field runway in Sacramento, CA. He was survived by his wife Shirley M Tuck, his children, Michael and Deanne Tuck, and his mother and six sisters.
Contributor: November Skies (47303211) • [email protected] sent the following information.
During a flight from McChord Air Field in
Washington to Kingman, Arizona, the bomber
experienced structural failures due to severe
icing conditions, and crashed near McClellan
Field in Sacramento before it could make an
emergency landing.
All thirteen Army personnel aboard perished.
Killed aboard were:
2nd Lt. Charles W Williams (co-pilot)
2nd Lt. Frank J Baker
Maj. Frank Winkler
2nd Lt. James L Battle
Capt. William L McCurdy
2nd Lt. Thomas A Quirk
2nd Lt. Arthur H Thompson
2nd Lt. James S. Randall, 21, from Lucas County, Ohio;
T/Sgt. Gerald Z Bearg
Cpl. Roy D Glaser
Cpl. Lloyd W Krohn 23, from Carlton County, Minnesota;
Pvt. Clifford Tuck, 25, from Grays Harbor County, Wash.
Contributor: November Skies (47303211) • [email protected] sent the following information.
During a flight from McChord Air Field in
Washington to Kingman, Arizona, the bomber
experienced structural failures due to severe
icing conditions, and crashed near McClellan
Field in Sacramento before it could make an
emergency landing.
All thirteen Army personnel aboard perished.
Killed aboard were:
2nd Lt. Charles W Williams (co-pilot)
2nd Lt. Frank J Baker
Maj. Frank Winkler
2nd Lt. James L Battle
Capt. William L McCurdy
2nd Lt. Thomas A Quirk
2nd Lt. Arthur H Thompson
2nd Lt. James S. Randall, 21, from Lucas County, Ohio;
T/Sgt. Gerald Z Bearg
Cpl. Roy D Glaser
Cpl. Lloyd W Krohn 23, from Carlton County, Minnesota;
Pvt. Clifford Tuck, 25, from Grays Harbor County, Wash.
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