Joe Ekins
British soldier
Died when: 88 years 201 days (1062 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Joseph William Ekins (15 July 1923 – 1 February 2012) was a World War II British Army veteran.He gained recognition for his action as a tank gunner in France in which he destroyed four tanks in a day, including three Tigers (Tiger tanks numbers 312, 009 & 314).
One of his opponents on that day, 8 August 1944 near St.Aignan de Cramesnil, France was the German tank commander Michael Wittmann; whether Ekins fired the round that destroyed Wittmann's Tiger is disputed.
Ekins died on 1 February 2012.
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