42-31389 Lacy’s Lushes, Lucious Lucy
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Object Number - UPL 39534 - 1Lt Claude Elsworth Schindler, C0-Pilot on B17 42-31389 'Lucious Lucy. ' 100th Bomb Group, crashed Barleben, three miles North of Magdeburg...
Delivered Cheyenne 28/10/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Wilmington 26/11/43; slated 447BG; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-J] Thorpe Abbotts 1/1/44; Missing in Action Magdeberg 28/5/44 with Lucius Lacy, Navigator: Ray Rossman, Bombardier: Herb Greenberg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sid Carey, Radio Operator: Clarry Wood, Waist gunner: Ray Mitchell,Tail gunner: Mike Rotz (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Claude Schindler, Ball turret gunner: Chester Powell, Waist gunner: Joe Folsom (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft hit cockpit and KOd #4, crashed Barleben, three miles Nth of Magdeburg, Ger. MACR 5382. LACY’S LUSHES aka LUCIOUS LUCY.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19202968
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0 744 337
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator/Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-750860
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
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Missions
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
722, 6207 Missile Dr, Cheyenne, WY 82005, USA | 28 October 1943 | Delivered Cheyenne AAF 28-Oct-43. |
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Assigned |
Thorpe Abbotts, Diss IP21 4JA, UK | 1 January 1944 | Assigned 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Barleben, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Magdeberg enemy aircraft hit cockpit and KOd #4, crashed Barleben, three miles Nth of Magdeburg. 7 x POW, 3 x KIA MACR 5382 |
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Manufactured |
Seattle, WA, USA | Built at Boeing. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/28650214
Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5382 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database