Luther Avakian

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 20236

Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission north of Paris in P-47D 42-76195, exiting target hit by flak and crashed into ground, exploding. 2nd Lt Avakian Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5504.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-76195

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Scotty Bill
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

3 October 1922 Born to Mugger (originally Muggerdich) and Queenie (nee Najarian) Avakian

Enlisted

9 April 1942 One of the last boys on his block to go to war

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

7 June 1944 He died in the closing days of the war. Failed to Return (FTR) mission north of Paris in P-47D 42-76195, exiting target hit by flak and crashed into ground, exploding. 2nd Lt Avakian Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5504.

Buried

Ararat Cemetery Fresno Fresno County California, USA.

Other

Hobbies

Playing violin & building model airplanes

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Avakian&Submit=S…
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=5504&Submit=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28617771

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Contributorfurrykids_2000
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Find-a-grave

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Donald: A Family History and Memoirs of a Journalist and Professor

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CA Birth Records, U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, Find-A-Grave, 1930 & 1940 census

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5504 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Luther Avakian: Gallery (4 items)

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