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HISTORY
printed an obituary of a Joseph Koza. Among the descendants listed was
a sister, Nadie Plotecia. That could not have been an coincidence....and it
wasn’t! Ray Plotecia conrmed that his mother’s maiden name was Ana-
stasia Koza, also called Nadie....
Nadie Plotecia, who’s beach photograph became P-38 noseart, today
lives in Townson, Maryland. We wish her all the best of luck, happiness and
health in the coming years!
In the meantime, we put out the call for assistance to our friends and out-
side sources in identifying the aircraft further. We struck gold with another
photograph from which it was possible to read the production block and
serial number: P-38J-25-LO, s/n 44-23627.
What still remains in question is the individual aircraft code and the
appearance of the artwork on the port engine nacelle. The choice of the
individual aircraft letter has to be left up to the modeler. As far as the
artwork on the port nacelle, we have ascertained the rst two letters, ‘Ni...
In all likelihood, it is a name. We are going with Nicol, and would be
something the crewchief or one of the other mechanics would have had
painted on the surface.
Knowing the aircraft serial number opened the door to other pieces of
information. The MACR (Missing Air Crew Report) is tied specically to the
aircraft, and adds interest to the overall picture. An MACR was issued when
the aircraft and crew failed to return from enemy territory. On November
21st, 1944, Plotecia’s P-38 was own by a colleague from the 392nd FS,
1st Lt. Harry Pape. He took part in a raid on Leipzig, and en route to the
target, the aircraft suffered mechanical failure. So, he disengaged from
the formation, and booted back to base. His squadron mates last saw him
at 1048h, two miles northeast of the German town of Heinsberg. Pape was
headed west, until he was reasonably certain that he was over friendly
territory. He had no map (generally reserved for squadron leaders), and
his radio was out. He searched out an aireld to put down, which turned
out to be the French Tours. Here, his aircraft was repaired to the point
where he could y it back to his home base once weather permitted it. His
orientation was aided with a regular French road map.
Pape’s unit had by this time returned from their raid. They had assumed
that he had been downed by anti-aircraft batteries, and the bureaucrats
promptly issues the MACR, numbered 10567. There was a breakdown
in communication. There was the problem with Pape’s radio, and the failure
of the Tours personnel to notify his home base of his situation, despite his
requests.
And one more note directed more at our Czech and Slovak readers.
The name Koza points to the possibility that the family of the Lightning girl
emigrated to the United States from the former Czechoslovakia, but this is
not the case. The family actually hails from Galicia, the original name was
Kozak. In the course of the act of emigrating, Anastasia’s parents changed
it to Koza.
I would like to extend my gratitude to the following people for their
invaluable assistance in piecing together the story of Kozy Koza: Ray
Plotecia, Pavel Türk, Miroslav Stepan, Tomas Dvorak, and developers at
the rm Google.
The wartime color photo depicts not the artwork only, but more details as well. Note the color of the undercarriage
leg, defferent colors of the spinners and propeller blades with no logo.
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