Andrew C Lacy
Military
Personal research & 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry.
Object Number - UPL 15018 - January 1945 - Lt. Andrew C. Lacy in his P-51K, QP-P, Serial No. 44-11677. He would be shot down on 21 February 1945 flying this aircraft.
Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on 21-Feb-45 while flying P-51K 44-11677. Hit by flak strafing canal traffic. Baled out when engine failed 10 minutes later. POW. MACR 12595.
Post war: He returned to military, flying with the Ohio Air National Guard at Mansfield in 1949. After serving as the commander of the 164th Fighter Squadron in Mansfield, he transferred to Springfield as base commander in 1960. He also served as commander of the 162nd Fighter Squadron and commander of the 178th Fighter Group. He remained the commander of the 178th Fighter Group for 15 years. He retired from the Ohio Air National Guard and the U.S. Air Force Reserve in 1977 with 34 years of military service. He was a graduate of the U.S. Air Force's Command and Staff School (1959-1960) and the Air War College (1963-1964). He was an Air Force command pilot with more than 6,500 hours of flying time, mostly in fighters. He flew more than 25 different military aircraft.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Lynette Sue
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Elyria, OH 44035, USA | 30 April 1921 | Son of Mike and Clara Laczi. |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 15 September 1944 - 21 February 1945 | Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 8 January 1945 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other Shot down |
73450 Neresheim, Germany | 21 February 1945 | Shot down on 21-Feb-45 while flying P-51K 44-11677. Hit by flak strafing canal traffic. Baled out when engine failed 10 minutes later. POW. MACR 12595. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 21 February 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). |
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Died |
Springfield, OH, USA | 8 December 2012 | |
| Sullivan, Ohio, USA | |||
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Buried |
Clark County, OH, USA | Enon Cemetery Enon Clark County Ohio, USA. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12595 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list