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Casualty Info
Home Town Arlington, Virginia
Last Address Telergma Airfield, Algeria
Casualty Date May 19, 1943
Cause MIA-Finding of Death
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Mediterranean Sea
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment North Africa American Cemetery - Tunis, Tunisia
He was leading a flight of P-38's out of Tunisia towards Italy's Pantelleria Island when a superior force of German fighters was encountered.
The American aviators dove into a cloud bank for cover and intended to wait the Germans out. However, his zeal soon outweighed his patience and he radioed the others that he "was going out". He vanished over the Mediterranean Sea.
And like his father, Maj Gen Clarence L. Tinker Sr., a year before, no trace of him was ever found. His body was not recovered; he is memorialized in Tunis. He was officially declared dead May 19, 1944.
