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Frank Glasgow Tinker
Frank Glasgow Tinker (July 14, 1909 – June 13, 1939) born in DeWitt, Arkansas, was an American mercenary fighter pilot during the Spanish Civil War. In 1937, he flew many combat missions against the Fascists, generally duelling against better-equipped Germans and Italians. He shot down eight enemy planes, surviving many close calls with gunners as well as malfunctioning equipment. Eventually, he fell victim to shell shock due to the constant combat. In 1938, he wrote a book detailing his war experiences, Some Still Live , which was first published in serial form in the Saturday Evening Post. Ernest Hemingway was notably a fan, lauding it to Maxwell Perkins. However, soon after the book was published, Tinker committed suicide in a Little Rock hotel.
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