Louis A Dicks Jr

Military
MACR for Louis Dicks Page 11 UPL 74788 UPL 74788 MACR for Louis Dicks Page 11

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Object Number - UPL 74788 - MACR for Louis Dicks Page 11

Louis Dicks entered service from Ohio and served as a pilot with the 78th Fighter Group.

He was Killed in Action (KIA) on 10 August 1944 when he crashed at Bouy in P-47 (serial number 42-26333).



DFC, AM with 3 Oak Leaf Cluster, PH

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Hun Buster
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron

Missions

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

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Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

10 August 1944 France

Born

Buried

Plot A Row 16 Grave 41

Other

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Based

10 August 1944 Exact date of arrival not yet known

Revisions

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National Archives

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ABMC

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Combined two entries for Louis A Dicks. This entry now includes information from the following source:
MACR 7774 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

ABMC record: http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWI…

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ContributorAAM
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ABMC/MACR 7774 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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