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	Frank Luke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Luke took that as a challenge and became known as the "Arizona Balloon Buster." Between September 12 and September 29, Luke was credited with shooting down 14 German balloons and four airplanes.
		Luke met his fate in the Battle of Meuse-Argonne.
		Luke Air Force Base, located west of Phoenix, Arizona, is named in his honor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frank_Luke (318 words)

	Part I of a history of the 27th Pursuit Squadron
		Frank Luke Jr., the greatest American fighter pilot of the First World War, was born the Arizona Territory on May 19th, 1897 - one of nine children in a family of Catholic German immigrants.
		Frank Luke Sr.'s father emigrated to America in 1860 from the village of Dahlhausen in the province of Westphalia, Prussia, near the Holland border.
		Luke was a hunter by nature, rambling with Elder the hills and deserts north and west of Phoenix near the present-day Luke Air Force Base.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Acropolis/7133/summary1.html (4015 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Frank Luke Jr
		Frank Luke Jr (1897-1918) was America's second highest scoring air ace during World War One.
		Luke was born in Phoenix, Arizona to German immigrant parents on 19 May 1897.
		Given to much self-promotion - Luke often claimed to have brought down enemy aircraft while flying solo - he was not particularly well-liked among his fellow pilots, although he did strike up a friendship with fellow loner Joseph Wehner.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/luke.htm (640 words)

	World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient 2nd Lt. Frank Luke Jr.
		Frank Luke, called the most spectacular air fighter of World War I, who shot town 18 airplanes and balloons in his short military career, enlisted in the Signal Corps Sept. 25, 1917.
		Frank Luke dropped a note to a balloon company that day stating he was going to shoot down the balloons which were shot down makes it almost certain that this officer was 2d Lieut.
		Frank Luke (standing next to the wreckage of a recent hit) is in a spirited race with Lt. Eddie Rickenbacker for the honor of being called the "ACE" of the American fliers overseas.
	www.medalofhonor.com /FrankLuke.htm (1665 words)

	Frank Luke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		After aerial combat training at Issoudun, France, Luke was assigned to the 27th Pursuit Squadron under Harold Hartney on 25 July 1918.
		Often flying alone or with his sidekick Joseph Wehner, Luke shot down 18 enemy balloons and planes in 17 days before he was killed in action.
		Luke Air Force Base was named in his honor.
	www.theaerodrome.com /aces/usa/luke1.html (641 words)

	Introducing: The Frank Luke Jr. Documentary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		In the case of Frank Luke, I have all of the pieces to the puzzle; Luke's death is controversial as is the death of Germany's 'Red Baron,' Manfred Von Richtoffen.
		Luke had the courage, intelligence and physical prowess to maneuver his plane through virtual walls of fire, and to leave his mark on the world.
		Luke was a rebel, he had a challenging time with authority figures, this may have led to his premature death on September 29th 1918 at Murvaux, France.
	www.frankluke.com (2526 words)

	Frank Luke
		Frank Luke remained an outcast and a loner, practicing his marksmanship, riding a motorcycle around the airfield, tuning up his Spad, and typing up blank confirmation statements for his future kills.
		Frank continued to regard himself as a balloon buster, and awaited the assignment of a flying mate to continue the twilight assaults he and Wehner had inaugurated.
		Luke, evidently the only man in the group crazy enough and skillful enough to destroy important enemy targets was acting without orders and according to his own plans.
	www.acepilots.com /wwi/us_luke.html (6019 words)

	Wings of Valor - Frank Luke, The Balloon Buster
		Luke was always returning late, and usually alone, after being separated from his squadron on most of their missions.
		Luke was eager to test his ideas of hunting balloons in the earliest stages of advancing night fall, and it was nearly eight o'clock when the skies lit up near Chaumont, and Frank Luke became a 6-kill Ace with three balloon victories in a single day.
		Frank Luke was back for the opening day of the offensive, flying out with Lieutenant Ivan Roberts, one of his few friends from the early days before the Arizona Boaster had been transformed into America's greatest hero of the air.
	www.homeofheros.com /wings/part1/2_luke.html (14886 words)

	Luke, Frank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Frank Luke enlisted in the Signal Corps, U.S. Army, on September 25, 1917, as a private.
		Frank Luke stood out among the others, as a lone wolf flyer at a time when formation flying was becoming the order of the day.
		Yet, Frank Luke managed to down no fewer than 13 of these formidable targets in just one week of September 1918, two days of which he did not fly.
	www.lib.byu.edu /estu/wwi/bio/l/luke.htm (580 words)

	luke citation
		Frank Luke, nicknamed The Arizona Balloon Buster, was born in Phoenix, Ariz. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in Sep. 1917, learned to fly, and arrived on the Front in France in July 1918 where he was assigned to the 27th Aero Sq.
		For his last flight on Sep 29, Luke was awarded the Medal of Honor for shooting down three enemy balloons while under heavy fire both from the ground and from eight pursuing enemy airplanes, and for strafing enemy troops, killing six of them.
		At the time of his death, Luke was the leading ace of the U.S. Air Service with 18 confirmed victories, (14 balloons and 4 airplanes).
	usfighter.tripod.com /luke.htm (462 words)

	Frank Luke -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		U.S. Army Air Corps combat pilot Frank Luke, known as the “Arizona balloon-buster,” in 1919 posthumously received the Medal of Honor, the highest U.S. military decoration, for bravery in World War I. He was the second-ranked ace of the war, after Eddie Rickenbacker.
		Keye Luke, born June 18, 1904, in Canton, China, was a durable Asian American character actor who was best remembered as Charlie Chan's “number one son” in 13 detective films and as the venerable blind instructor in the television series Kung Fu (1972–75), starring David Carradine as a fugitive monk.
		U.S. astronaut Frank Borman was born in Gary, Ind., in 1928.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9315620 (660 words)

	An Unmarked Memorial on the Road to Murvaux (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Frank was born in Arizona, one of Frank, Sr.
		Frank staggered from the cockpit and fell to the ground.
		Though the monument still stands, there's not a single word on it to indicate who Frank Luke was or how he sacrificed his life in the liberation of France.
	indysquadron.tripod.com /isd/id52.html (1594 words)

	Aeronautics - Frank Luke
		Luke had been described as "an undisciplined, carefree maverick,...absolutely impervious to any squadron regulations." However, he was extremely confident of his abilities, and he accomplished one of the most amazing feats of the war by destroying 15 enemy balloons and 3 planes within 17 days.
		Luke became a loner, but after one last spree in which he downed three balloons and two planes on the same raid, he did not return to his base.
		After his raid in the air, Luke was wounded but strafed and killed six Germans on the ground and wounded an equal number.
	www.allstar.fiu.edu /aerojava/luke.htm (299 words)

	Frank Luke: The September Rampage
		Luke was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions against German observation balloons and aircraft during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of Sept-Nov 1918.
		Luke AFB in AZ is named in his honor, and his 27th Aero Squadron still lives as the 27th Fighter Squadron, based at Norfolk, VA.
		Luke has always been a romantic figure, and a great deal of his legend is simply that.
	www.literacyconnections.com /0_0944089216.html (257 words)

	Welcome to Frank Luke, Jr. Tribute Page
		Frank Luke, Jr., was born on May 19, 1897, in Phoenix, AZ.
		Frank Luke was shot down near Murvaux, France, and was killed in action on September 29, 1918.
		Luke AFB, Arizona is named in his honor.
	military.com /HomePage/UserCreatedTributePage/0,10980,712564,00.html (51 words)

	Frank Luke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Luke took that as achallenge and became known as the "Arizona Balloon Buster." Between September 12 and September 29, Luke was credited withshooting down 14 German balloons and four airplanes.
		Placed under arrest for going AWOL, Luke took off in a SPAD XIII fighterwithout authorization and went to the front.
		He shot down three observation balloons and was pursued by eight German Fokkers.Short on fuel, he had no choice but to land in enemy territory.
	www.therfcc.org /frank-luke-75990.html (286 words)

	1980s tape1
		Frank Smith tries to pump Leslie for info about where Laura is. LandL in Beecher's Corner's on the run from Frank Smith.
		Hutch following Luke, Luke sees statue and figures out who the Left Handed Boy is. Luke argues with Laura, wants her to go home, slaps her, and then puts her on a bus.
		Luke hired to find Cassidines, he wakes up from being hit on the head and his apartment is ransacked.
	www.scorpiofiles.com /tapes/1980a.html (1897 words)

	SpLiNTeR cEll 05 - <3 mE or Leave ME AloNe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Luke Cage at 10:41 PM (hearty smile) Heard you were having a party and we thought that we would crash in and make our presences felt..
		Luke is flipping page after page on his pad trying to find the place on one of these pages that highlights their names.
		Luke Cage at 9:11 AM EJ FLAVOR's* music was rocking in the background just beyond the sandy ridge while I gathered myself over the sandy knoll overlooking the sea front.
	www.fantasybeyond.com /blogger.html (7733 words)

	Luke airmen find friend
		He's brought that vision to life in the Luke Chapter and talks of transforming the association at the local level.
		In October, the Frank Luke Chapter absorbed the association's Phoenix-Sky Harbor Chapter, which closed after 49 years.
		Luke's commander, Col. Robin Rand, says the association chapter is invaluable.
	www.azcentral.com /community/westvalley/articles/1218lpafa18Z1.html (829 words)

	The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Lt Frank Luke Jr. Part 2 Oct. 21, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Luke had noticed that the German fighters left the draken in time to land in the late dusk while there was still some light.
		Luke pointed to the two plainly visible German observation balloons to the east of the field, suspended in the sky about two miles back of the German lines and perhaps four miles apart.
		Luke, evidently the only man in the group able to destroy these important enemy targets, was acting without orders and according to his own plans.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-vetscor/1506404/posts (9322 words)

	Lt. Frank Luke Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Frank Luke and his Spad XIII, history spotlight graphic (U.S. Air Force graphic)
		For several months, his grave was marked with a wooden cross that read, "Unknown American Aviator." American military authorities received confirmation of his death after the war was over.
		Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., is named in his honor.
	www.af.mil /history/spotlight.asp?storyID=123011770 (332 words)

	The Aerodrome Forum - Frank Luke Child-hood
		the whole site is dedicated to luke and the "link" is of his childhood.
		His best pal: Bill Elder, was slightly handicapped but Luke took him under his wing from the time they were barefoot boys in the sun to the day Luke left Arizona never to return.
		Frank was well known and well liked within the community, he was known for putting on publicity stunts to promote athletic contests and school plays.
	www.theaerodrome.com /forum/printthread.php?t=6634 (330 words)

	American Aces of WW1 - Frank Luke Jr.
		Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, Frank Luke was the leading ace in the United States Air Service at the time of his death.
		After aerial combat training at Issoudun, France, Luke was assigned to the 27th Pursuit Squadron underHarold Hartney on July 25, 1918.
		After flaming three German balloons on September 29, 1918, his SPAD S.XIII was shot down by ground fire.
	www.wwiaviation.com /aces/ace_Luke.shtml (277 words)

	Frank Luke
		Frank Luke was born in Phoenix, Arizona, on 19th May, 1897.
		He joined the United States Air Service and after aerial combat training at Issoudun, France, he was assigned to the 27th Pursuit Squadron under Harold Hartney on 25th July, 1918.
		Frank Luke dropped a note to a balloon company that day stating he was going to shoot down the balloons which were shot down makes it almost certain that this officer was 2nd Lieut.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWluke.htm (663 words)

	Frank Luke Jr.
		Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honour, Frank Luke was the leading ace in the United States Air Service at the time of his death.
		Luke Air Force Base was named in his honour.
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	www.century-of-flight.freeola.com /Aviation%20history/airplane%20at%20war/upload3/Frank%20Luke%20Jr..htm (278 words)

	Code One Magazine: Events, 21st FS Captures Frank Luke Award — April 2000
		The 21st FS at Luke AFB, Arizona, won the 1999 Turkey Shoot and the Luke Award for 1999.
		This is the third year in a row that the 21st FS, which flies the F-16 Block 20 fighter, has walked away with the honors.
		Coincidentally or not, Block 20 F-16s have been at Luke AFB in the 21st FS for three years.
	www.codeonemagazine.com /events/arp_00/events_25.html (107 words)

	Air Force Association Frank Luke Chapter
		Since its beginning on Dec. 31, 1980, our chapter has focused on supporting Team Luke, at Luke Air Force Base.
		In addition to Team Luke, we now support military units including the Air and Arizona Air National Guard in Phoenix/Sky Harbor, AFROTC at ASU and AFJROTC units in high schools throughout the Valley, and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Mesa.
		Luke AFB IG to speak at Christmas Dinner Dec. 1
	www.afaluke.com (195 words)

	Frank Luke & Matt Watson Challenge Weekend 2004
		Frank Luke and Matt Watson Challenge Weekend 2004
		The 18th Frank Luke and Matt Watson Challenges took place in May.
		After a little encouragement, however, the whole group made it up the waterfall with everybody’s confidence boosted and a memory made that they will be treasured forever.
	www.gmfcyp.org.uk /flmw04.htm (386 words)

	[WWI] need Frank Luke color scheme help (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		I'm doing a couple of Spad 13s, one 1/12th scale (near finished) and one 1/6th scale, trying to get a handle on the Frank Luke color scheme(s).
		A million people on the Gallery do Frank Luke, but while they have the white nose panels, blue cowel and yin/yang wheels, the colors and patterns don't particularly match.
		I'm particular interested in shots of Luke's right side, as most pictures and profiles are from the left.
	www.wwi-models.org /pipermail/wwi/2004-March/023200.html (148 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Frank Luke Air Corps Tailing System TAILING Tailing may begin if the following criteria are met; A) Tail Attack Angle: The plane attempting to tail must be in a position to make a tail attack and be targeted on that plane.
		Note that the plane attempting to tail need not fire, but must be in a position to make such an attack.
		If the tailing Albatros attempts to continue tailing the Sopwith the base number of cards for 300' is 4, plus 1 for successful tailing for a total of 5!
	members.cox.net /frankluke/tailing/index.html (1117 words)

	Lt Frank Luke Jr - US Air Force Museum WWI History Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Lt Frank Luke Jr - US Air Force Museum WWI History Gallery
		According to the local French residents, Luke had been shot in the chest by ground fire while circling Murvaux at low altitude, had landed his SPAD and crawled from it in the gathering dusk, and had died while firing his service automatic at German soldiers who were searching for him along a creek bank.
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	www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/history/ww1/ww1-4.htm (325 words)

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