42-30169 Lady Luck

Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/43; Tinker 24/5/43; Smoky Hill 29/5/43; Chicago 1/6/43; Smoky Hill 16/6/43; Tinker 19/6/43; Kearney 26/6/43; Eglin 7/7/43; Dow Fd 12/7/43; Assigned 414BS/97BG Chateau-du-Rhumel 14/7/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Transferred 341BS/97BG Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Atzerdorf 24/5/44 with 2Lt Robert S Close, 2Lt Orris Franklin Welch, 2Lt David Samuel Greenfield, 2lt Robert Reinhold Englund, S/Sgt Robert Owen Marlow, S/Sgt Herbert Joseph Haigh, Sgt Thomas Edward Burke, S/Sgt Paul James Thueson, S/Sgt Frank Shivres, Sgt Russell Wayne Fulleton; enemy aircraft, crashed St Marien; 9 x POW MACR 5070. LADY LUCK.



Hit by fighters, last seen losing altitude with #1 and#3 engines feathered and crew discarding any weight possible.

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Units served with

Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

722, 6207 Missile Dr, Cheyenne, WY 82005, USA 22 April 1943 Delivered Cheyenne AAF 22-Apr-43.

Assigned

Chateaudun du Rhumel, Chelghoum Laïd, Algeria 14 July 1943 Assigned to 414BS, 97BG Chateau-du-Rhumel 14-Jul-43.

Assigned

71040 Amendola FG, Italy 16 January 1944 Transferred to 341BS, 97BG Amendola 16-Jan-44.

Crashed

4502 Sankt Marien, Austria 25 May 1944 Missing in Action Atzerdorf 24-May-44 enemy aircraft, crashed St Marien; 9 x POW MACR 5070.

Manufactured

Seattle, WA, USA Built at Boeing.

Revisions

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MACR #8070

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log