44-15019 Lucky Lady VI
Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of Major Ernest E Bankey Jr.
Failed to Return (FTR) Ramrod to Oranienburg, Germany last seen strafing Stendal airfield. 10-Apr-45. F/O. Theodore F Lasch KIA MACR 13771.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group Headquarters Squadron (364th Fighter Group) 383rd Fighter Squadron 385th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15018575 / O-752095
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-63074
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other E/A Destroyed/Probable |
Dümmer, Germany | 26 November 1944 | 1 x Bf109 destroyed, 1 x Bf109 probable. Dummer Lake. Pilot 1st Lt Ernest E Bakey Jr. |
Other E/A Destroyed/Shared |
Bonn, Germany | 27 December 1944 | 1 x Bf109, 4 x Fw190 destroyed. 1 x Fw190 shared. Bonn. Pilot 1st Lt Ernest E Bakey Jr |
Crashed |
Stendal, Germany | 10 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ramrod to Oranienburg, Germany last seen strafing Stendal airfield. 10-Apr-45. F/O. Theodore F Lasch KIA MACR 13771. |
Manufactured |
Inglewood, CA, USA | Built at North American. | |
Delivered |
California, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
Assigned |
Leiston IP16, UK | Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. |