Lucian A Dade Jr
Military
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UPL 56099
Lt Col Pete Dade CO 56th FG
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Commanding officer 56th Fighter Group.
Scored 3 air to air kills.
P-47D s/n 42-25959 LM+P
P-47M s/n 44-2166 LM+D "Jersey Bounce"
After the war he remained in what soon became the US Air Force. In the summer of 1950, Dade was an Operations Officer with the 2nd Air Division at Landsberg, Germany.
He retired in 1969 as a Colonel.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Rochester, NY, USA | 28 June 1916 | |
Died |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Combined two entries for this airman. Now includes information from the following sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm