Andrew L Lux

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media-51037.jpeg UPL 51037 2nd Lt Andrew L Lux, 359BS, 303BG.

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Object Number - UPL 51037 - 2nd Lt Andrew L Lux, 359BS, 303BG.

Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 5 x operations with Moser crew. Co-pilot for another crew on Pas de Calais 'No Ball' mission, hit fatally by shrapnel from flak explosion on bomb run in B-17 42-31830 'Marie' Killed in Action (KIA).





Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Clinton Aubrey Moser

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17041446 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot

Aircraft

42-31830

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Marie
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

42-97781

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Eight Ball III
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

Missions

309

  • Date: 20 April 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago Heights, IL 10 November 1917 Son of Leo J and Clara [Steiner] Lux.

Other

Graduated pilot

Frederick Field, OK 1 October 1943 Graduated as a pilot and commissioned a 2nd lieutenant on 1-Oct-43, at Frederick, Oklahoma.

Died

Pas de Calais, France 20 April 1944 Fatally struck by flak on bomb run. Killed in Action (KIA)

Buried

21 April 1944 Cambridge American Cemetery Plot E Row 2 Grave 64

Enlisted

Enlisted September 1940

Other

Specialist training

Chanute Field, Rantoul, IL Qualified as an airplane mechanic at Chanute Field and promoted to staff sergeant.

Other

Aviation Cadet training

Victory Field, TX Accepted as an aviation cadet and began his training at Victory Field, Texas.

Based

Molesworth 20 April 1944 Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

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http://www.303rdbg.com/359moser.html
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56291915/andrew-l-lux

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Sources

Combat Chronology, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol 3 pg 645 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 51037 - 2nd Lt Andrew L Lux, 359BS, 303BG.