42-39941 Lucky Lady

media-16406.jpeg UPL 16406 Lucky Lady 42-33941

452nd Bomb Group Assoc.

Object Number - UPL 16406 - Lucky Lady 42-33941

Delivered Long Beach 14/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 731BS/452BG [7D-G] Deopham Green 11/2/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Richard F. Noble (evaded capture but was killed in August in attempt to get to Allied lines); Co-pilot: Daniel G. Viafore; Radio Operator: Robert Atkins (2 evaded capture); Navigator: Richard D. Laule; Bombardier: Bruce W. Clago; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lloyd A. Martin; Ball turret gunner: Ralph J. Munn; Waist gunner: George V. Brush; Waist gunner: Vernon L. Moody;Tail gunner: Leon H. Davies (7 Prisoner of War); flak KOd two engines, crashed at a place called Gossonru, about 3km NE of Aywaille, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 4819. LUCKY LADY.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32792318
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32229463
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16079465 and O-749756
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15131523 and O-700741
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Missions

Events

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Gossonru hamlet, near Aywaille, Belgium 12 May 1944

Revisions

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ContributorBillBrush69
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Added picture of crash site. Media object UPL 30283

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 4819

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ContributorPete
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452nd Bomb Group Assoc.

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ContributorPete
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452nd Bomb Group Assoc.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4819 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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