Robert Stanford-Tuck - Hoodie Flycatcher forward air control

forward air control

carried Martel missiles and had an extra fuel tank in its bomb-bay

This close air support

Grumman Avenger TBM-3E

As XM598 had technical problems

Robert Stanford-Tuck - Hoodie Flycatcher forward air controlWing Commander Robert Roland Stanford Tuck Stanford Tuck joined the Royal Air Force in 1935, with his first experience of combat over Dunkirk during the Battle of France. As a Squadron Leader he commanded a squadron of Hurricanes that participated in sorties over northern France during the early part of the war. He was shot down in 1942 and was taken prisoner. This design celebrates Tuck as a Fighter Ace with 29 destroyed to his name, but he was part