Anthony E Ladas

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 40345 - 1st Lt Anthony E. Ladas in the cockpit of P-51B 42-106737, 382FS, 363FG, 9AF.

Assigned to 382FS, 363FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) penetration escort Frankfurt head-on mid air collision with P-47 42-26016. A/C destroyed pilot 2Lt Anthony E Ladas Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5138.

Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-106486

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Virginia
  • Unit: 363rd Fighter Group 382nd Fighter Squadron

42-106737

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 354th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Group 355th Fighter Squadron 382nd Fighter Squadron

42-26016

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Chicago, IL, USA 15 September 1941

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

West of Gardelegen, Germany 28 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) penetration escort Frankfurt head-on mid air collision with P-47 42-26016. A/C destroyed pilot 2Lt Anthony E Ladas KIA. MACR 5138.

Based

Staplehurst 28 May 1944 Assigned to 382FS, 363FG, 9AF USAAF.

Born

Cook County, IL, USA Ernest and Adell Ladas.

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz, Liege, Belgium Plot A Row 32 Grave 43

Revisions

Date19 Jun 2022 12:21:14
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56359294/anthony-e-ladas

Date30 Jul 2020 19:35:03
Contributorjmoore43
Sources

Added a connection to A/C #42-26016 listed in the "Summary biography".

Date20 Oct 2019 14:10:22
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/91206330?rec=91206443
https://www.fold3.com/record/84360835-anthony-e-ladas
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763021?rec=299343345
https://www.fold3.com/record/529856462-anthony-e-ladas
https://www.abmc.gov/node/547718
http://www.interment.net/data/bel/ardennes-american-cemetery/records-i-…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56359294/anthony-e-ladas

Date17 Nov 2017 15:44:25
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-106486&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28630407
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763021?terms=Anthony%20E%20Ladas
https://www.fold3.com/record/529856462-anthony-e-ladas
https://www.fold3.com/record/84360835-anthony-e-ladas

Date27 Sep 2014 18:03:47
ContributorAAM
Sources

9th Air Force Roll of Honor (IWM in liaison with Ninth Air Force veterans and group associations, American Battle Monuments Commission, and Buddies of the Ninth Association) / Miller and Marinelli histories

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