Carl J Luksic

Military

Shot down 24 May 1944 in P-51 #42106788. Prisoner of War (POW).

POW/ DSC/ DFC w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

352nd Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

487th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

42-106788

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron

42-75860

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Nicknames: Lucky Boy Shoo Shoo Baby
Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 36th Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron 53rd Fighter Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date
Born	Joliet, Illinois, USA
Other Prisoner of War (POW)
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Germany	24 May 1944
Other Promoted

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:05:07

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5100 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Who's Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45, MACR 5100