Louis A Dicks Jr
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 6 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
10 August 1944 | France | |
Born |
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Buried |
Plot A Row 16 Grave 41 | ||
Other Promoted |
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Based |
10 August 1944 | Exact date of arrival not yet known |
Revisions
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…
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