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P47 Pilots Biographies, Last Name Starting With "L"
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Pilot Name
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Biography Summary
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Irvin Lowen
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.........They then hung a 250 lb. bomb on each
wing and instructions how to bomb - (written by a Spitfire pilot I think). However we
developed our own system. Approached target at over 8 thousand feet, closed throttle,
pulled up sharply. Did a stall turn, prop in
fine pitch - dropped the eggs as soon as lined
up in the vertical dive and then pulled out.
With practice it was very accurate and only a
short blackout.
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Ralph S. Lucardi
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During Korea, he rejoined the Air Force,
trained in Biological Warfare with the Army,
put in a tour at the Pentagon, and worked on
Aircraft Escape Systems at Wright Patterson
AFB, Ohio. Eventually moving to the electronics field, he joined the 425L Program of
the Electronics System Division, Air Force
Research and Development Command. The
425L Project Office was charged with the
responsibility of designing, developing, and
testing of the NORAD Combat Operations
Center as well as the design and construction
of the Combat Center itself, deep in the heart
of Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs,
Colorado.
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Franklin P. Luckman
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......with his nickname of "Lucky", he
flew many of his 103 combat missions in
"Lucky's Lady". Most of those flights were
in support of ground troops or interdiction
throughout France, Belgium, Luxembourg
and Germany. On Oct. 21, 1944 Luckman
participated in a fighter sweep in which he
destroyed one FW-190 and damaged another
while the 365th destroyed a total of 21
aircraft, 11 probables and 3 damaged without loss to itself. This led to the Fighter
Groups first of two Presidential Unit Citations.
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Lt. Duane E. Lund
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Lt. Duane E. Lund was born in Kenmare, ND and grew up in Carrington, ND.
While attending the University of North Dakota he enlisted in the Army Air
Corps as an Aviation Cadet on Dec 14, 1942 and entered active duty on Feb
22, 1943. He was a veteran of the 9th Air Force flying P-47s for the 366
Fighter Group, 390 Fighter Squadron.
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Elizabeth Pearce Lundy
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While I was working in Quincy I expressed
a desire to learn to fly. My employer, Allene
Drew, paid for my 8 hours flying time. Then
on November 4, 1940 I soloed. After which
I attended Civilian Pilot Training and
obtained my Private Pilot's License. Approximately 1 year later I was a Link Trainer
Instructor at the Naval Air Base in Atlanta,
Georgia.
In February, 1943, I entered the WASP
program and graduated in the class of 43-W4.
After that I was sent to the 2nd Ferrying
Group F.D., A.T.C. at New Castle Army Air
Base.
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James E. Lundy
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I left instructing to get actively into the Air
Corps as a Service Pilot and rank of Flight
Officer. At Brownsville, Texas I was checked
out on all pursuit type aircraft. Then I was
assigned to the 6th Ferrying Group at Long
Beach, California. While I was at Brownsville
I met a WASP, Elizabeth Pearce, and later
married her. Liz and I are the only husband and wife
team who belong to the P-47 Association, and
we are very proud of it.
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Perry M. Lusby
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Commissioned 2nd Lt., February 15th, 1943, and assigned to P-40's at
Richmond, Va. Subsequently transferred to
Wright Field, Ohio, and participated in original acceptance and accelerated service tests
of P-47. One of the few military pilots
privileged to fly the Yellow Peril P-47 under
the tutelage of Joe Parker, then Chief Test
Pilot for Republic Aviation. Briefly assigned
to 358th Ftr. Grp. at Philadelphia and later
transferred to 366th Ftr. Grp. at Bluethenthal Field, NC.
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Cedric S. Lussier
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First flight in P-47D was on July 13,
1944. First mission, after ten transition
hours, on July 17, 1944. Shot down on
18th mission by heavy flack August 12,
1944. Picked up after nine hours by Army
Air Sea Rescue PBY. Patroled Beach Head
area "D" Day Southern France, August 15,
1944. Moved with 27th FG to Le Luc,
South France August 25, 1944 and to Salon
on August 30, 1944.
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Charles C. Lutman
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Following his tour of duty in
Washington, Lutman returned to Europe and
was assigned to U.S. Joint Command
(EUCOM). In 1959 he was reassigned to the
Ballistic Missile Division of the Air Research
& Development Command. Lutman participated in the development of space systems
and also the first Minuteman Missile deployment. He was subsequently assigned to
Manned Space Flight with NASA and participated in the Lunar Program including simulated flights to the moon with other USAF
test pilots at the Martin Plant in Baltimore.
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Sam B. Lutz
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Joined the 365th Fighter Group - The
Hell Hawks - Ninth Air Force, end of
September 1944, at Airfield A-68, Juvincourt, near Reims, France. Flew first combat
mission October 12, 1944, with the 387th
Fighter Squadron from Airfield A-84,
Chievres, near Mons, Belgium.
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