Richard Harold Luebke
MilitaryAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Florence American Cemetery, Tavarnuzze, Italy
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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 |
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