Richard Harold Luebke

Military

Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7141.



Awards: AM (4OLC), PH.

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Units served with

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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Louisiana, USA 29 July 1922 Son of Cora I Luebke.

Enlisted

Baton Rouge, LA 13 June 1942

Died

West of Wiener Neustadt, Germany 26 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7141.

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Florence American Cemetery and Memorial

Based

Lucera 26 July 1944 Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF.

Buried

Fort Snelling National Cemetery, MN Memorialised Fort Snelling National Cemetery Fort Snelling, MN