Gevorkian Samuel D Capt.

338th FS - 14 June 1944 - 26 August 1944 (Missing in Action - Evaded)
338th FS - 08 October 1944 - 08 August 1945 (Killed in Action - Crashed)

Assigned Aircraft	P-51D CL-F 44-14156
Mission History	Not Known
Mission List	Not Known
Air Scores	2-0-0
Ground Scores	6-3
Score Detail	02 November 1944 Me-109 destroyed (air) NW Leipzig 24 December 1944 (.5)Me-109 destroyed (air) Friedburg 24 December 1944 (.5)FW-190 destroyed (air) Friedburg 10 April 1945 (2)Ju-88 destroyed (ground) Burg 10 April 1945 FW-190 destroyed (ground) Burg 16 April 1945 (3)FW-190 destroyed (ground) Landshutt 16 April 1945 (3)FW-190 damaged (ground) Landshutt
Notes	Born in Chicago, Illinois on 29 November 1921. 14 June 1944 - Assigned to 338th Fighter Squadron 10 July 1944 - Sent on Detached Service to 362nd FS, 357th FG 04 August 1944 - Promoted from 2nd Lieutenant to 1st Lieutenant 26 August 1944 - Crash landed on the beach at Cap Ferret, France (Evaded) 08 October 1944 - Re-assigned to 338th Fighter Squadron 12 October 1944 - Awarded 1st Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal 30 November 1944 - Awarded 3rd Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal 22 December 1944 - Awarded 4th Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal 26 December 1944 - Promoted from 1st Lieutenant to Captain 07 January 1945 - Awarded 5th Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal January 1945 - Awarded 6th Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal 15 February 1945 - Awarded 7th Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal 15 June 1945 - Promoted from Captain to Major MACR No. 08534 Lts. Gevorkian and Kester crash landed their P-51s on the same beach in southern France and evaded through Spain together. Gevorkian and Kester's story (Reproduced with the kind permission of Mr. Robert M. Littlefield, from the author's book, Double Nickel, Double Trouble. Nb. Photo opens in new window. Close new window to return to this page. Nb. LtCol. John McGinn's P-51D-5-NA-44-13954 CL-P "Da'Quake", crash-landed by Capt. Gevorkian on the beach at Cap Ferret, France, is currently being restored to flying condition by Dave Kingshott in the UK. The aircraft was recovered by the Musee de L'Air on 3 May 1981. Major Gevorkian was killed in a P-51 accident, on 8th August 1945, whilst on occupation duty in southern Germany.
Memories	Katharine Brush for Cosmopolitan Magazine reported about Capt. Sam Gevorkian, 338th Fighter Squadron, finding himself engaged in solitary battle with a flock of German fighters, who called happily over the radio to squadron mates flying high above him, "Hey fellows, come on down here! I've got ten Focke-Wulfs surrounded." (Reproduced with the kind permission of Mr. Robert M. Littlefield, from the author's book, Double Nickel, Double Trouble. Nb. Photo opens in new window. Close new window to return to this page.
Additional Photographs Nb. Photos open in new windows. Close the new windows to return to this page.	Capt. Sam D. Gevorkian (Robert M. Littlefield) P-51D 44-13954 Da Quake CL-P on beach in Cap Ferret, France (Robert M. Littlefield) P-51D 44-13954 Da Quake CL-P on beach in Cap Ferret, France (Robert M. Littlefield) P-51D 44-13954 Da Quake CL-P on beach in Cap Ferret, France (Robert M. Littlefield) (L-R) Kester and Gevorkian, looking dejected having landed their P-51Ds on the beach at Cap Ferret. With them is Prince Stanislas Poniatowski of the F.F.I.) (Robert M. Littlefield)