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Personal info

Full name
LUTZ, John Frederick
Date of birth
18 August 1918
Age
24
Place of birth
Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri
Hometown
Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
O-885136
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
334th Fighter Squadron,
4th Fighter Group
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
4 May 1943
Place of death
Walcheren/Westerschelde, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Otto J. Lutz (father)
Stella M. (Price) Lutz (mother)
Martha Lutz (sister)
Otto J. Lutz (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
41-6196
Data
Type: P-47C
Nickname: Kicking Mule
Destination: Antwerpen, Belgium and Vlissingen, The Netherlands
Mission: Bombing

More information

Lt Lutz he bailed over the North Sea due to engine trouble but at too low an altitude for his parachute to deploy.

Lt Lutz was floating unconscious in the water, but rescue planes could not find him.

Source of information: Michel Beckers, www.ancestry.com Scott Family Tree

Photo source: Jac Engels, Michel Beckers/Peter Randall, Scott Family Tree