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Lieut LeRoy "Lear" Lutz

6 Mar 1920 – 22 Jun 1944

Birth	6 Mar 1920
Death	22 Jun 1944
Cemetery	Wyuka Cemetery Lincoln , Lancaster County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Michael Maddock on 13 Nov 2010
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61553370

Bio

On June 22, 1944 Pilot 2nd.Lt. LeRoy Lutz took the P-38 "Lucky Lady" out on Mission 78. As Lutz started his strafing run against a German train near Epernay,France, his right engine was hit with ground fire. He stayed with the damaged aircraft and steered it away from the French village of Mardeuil,costing his life. He has remained a hero to those who were spared still today.

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Family

Parents

• Andrew Lutz 1882–1939
• Mary Katharina Riffel Lutz 1890–1979

Spouse

• Marie K Strope Cole 1917–2000 FaG

Siblings

• Mollie Burke 1910–1996
• Emma Lutz Walker 1912–2001
• Reinholdt "Reiny" Lutz 1913–1984
• John Lutz 1915–2003
• Henry Richard Lutz 1917–1989
• Betty Jean Lutz Stiles 1924–2000
• Richard M. Lutz Sr 1932–2002
• Mary Ann "Annie" Lutz Settell 1934–2015

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