8th Air Force 507FE
31 July 1944
Source: Jayna DeRidder-Huotari, granddaughter of Joseph A. DeRidder
Object Number - UPL 20355 - Photo of "Devil's Luck" (42-32030) exploding over Munich on July 31, 1944. All crew were killed except for one, Fred Justus, who managed to bail out...
Mission Details
LAON
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: Specific units not correlated in source data.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
LUDWIGHAVEN
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: Specific units not correlated in source data.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
MUNICH
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: All fighter groups except 55 Fighter Group participate. Specific units not correlated in source data. Claims include 18-0-12 on the ground.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-124470
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-738943
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11101275
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Little Lady
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
Revisions
Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'.
