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

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 Description

Born

Joliet, Illinois, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 24 May 1944

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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