LOUIS COSTELLO - 8th AF

LOUIS COSTELLO - 8th AF, WESTERN EUROPE - SUMMER-to-WINTER 1943

1st Lt., 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group

Has the "ACE" & "PERFORMANCE" Ace abilities

EVENT	Miss #	Mission Type	Flight Position	Kills	Type of Kills		Number of times shot down	Escort Points	Status	Ace Ability
GMT-2000-Apr	1	Escort B-26	P-47C Wm	2	2 Bf-109Fs		0	+1	Active	---
GMT-2000-Apr	2	Escort B-26	P-47C Wm	0	None		0	+1	Active	---
GMT-2000-Apr	3	Escort B-17F	P-47C Wm	0	None		0	+1	Active	---
GMT-2000-Apr	4	Escort B-17F	P-47C Wm	0	None		0	+1	Active	---
GMT-2000-Oct	5	Escort B-17F	P-47C Wm	1	Fw-190A		0	+1	Active	---
GMT-2001-Apr	6	Munster Miss.	P-47C Wm	1	Fw-190A		0	+2	Active	---
GMT-2001-Sept	7	Escort B-17F	P-47C Wm	0	None		1	0	Active	---
GMT-2001-Sept	8	Escort B-17F	P-47C Ldr	0	None		0	+1	Active	---
GMT-2001-Sept	9	Escort B-17F	P-47C Ldr	0	None		0	+1	Active	---
GMT-2001-Sept	10	Escort B-17F	P-47C Ldr	2	2 Fw-190As		0	+1	Active	---
GMT-2003	11	Dogfight	P-47C Ldr	1	Fw-190A		0	---	Active	P
GMT-2005-Nov	12	Escort B-17F	P-47C Ldr	1	Fw-190A		0	+1	Active	P
GMT-2007-Apr	13	Escort B-24J	P-47C Ldr	2	1 Bf-109G & 1 Bf-109G6/R6		0	+1	Active	P
TOTALS	13			10	6 Fw-190As	2 Bf-109Fs	1	+12		A & P
TOTALS	13			10	1 Bf-109G	1 Bf-109G6/R6	1	+12		A & P

PILOT HISTORY:

One of the original pilots from the First DIF Campaign Weekend.
Served as wingman to 1st Lt. Bud Abbott, during his first 7 missions.
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant after 1st Lt. Abbott was killed-in-action after mission 7

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