42-29837 Lady Luck
RAGGED IRREGULARS OF BASSINGBOURN by Marion Havelaar & William N. Hess.
Object Number - FRE 5679 - Don Caldwell and Joe Harlick of the 91st Bomb Group with the tail of a 323rd Bomb Squadron Fortress, B-17F serial 42-29837 "Lady Luck" (coded DF-A),...
Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/43; Gore 9/3/43; Duncan 31/3/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-A] Bassingbourn 7/6/43; transferred AFSC 6/4/44 then MTO (Italy & N. Africa); Returned to the USA Tinker 11/6/44; Patterson 23/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd 27/7/45. LADY LUCK. This aircraft was the replacement for 'Memphis Belle', which had recently returned to USA on a War Bond tour, and was assigned the same code letters, DF-A. First combat mission was 25th July 1943.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19122414
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 25 February 1944
- Date: 4 October 1943
- Date: 23 September 1943
![Regensburg, after being bombed by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 385th Bomb Group, 17 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(O-5-1-385)(17-8-43)(30171-6 3/8 - 24,000)(Regensberg)." Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '#44: View of the target.' Censor no: 282458. On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413725.jpg.webp?itok=AMwIgGyH)
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 29 July 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Assigned |
7 June 1943 |
Revisions
added BG/BS link to record and updated aircraft markings, plus added some mission links. As per 'Plane Names/ Fancy Noses' book by Ray Bowden.
