Donald Elwood Ludwig
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 48663 - 2nd Lt Donald E Ludwig, 82FS, 78FG.
Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by coastal flak near Egmond, Holland and presumed lost in the North Sea on 10-Feb-44 in P-47 41-6249 'Vee Gaile'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2160
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Vee Gaile
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Cogan Station, PA | 26 October 1923 | Son of Harris M Ludwig and Frances Emmeline [Hakes] Ludwig-Fortner. |
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Died |
North Sea | 10 February 1944 | Shot down by coastal flak near Egmond, Holland and presumed lost in the North Sea on 10-Feb-44 in P-47 41-6249 'Vee Gaile'. KIA MACR 2160 |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | ||
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Duxford | 10 February 1944 | Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
ABMC, MACR 2160, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2160 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
