43-37790 Lady Luck

media-52619.jpeg UPL 52619 AC # 43-37790 'Lady Luck' 612th BS, 401st BG

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Object Number - UPL 52619 - AC # 43-37790 'Lady Luck' 612th BS, 401st BG

Delivered Cheyenne 21/5/44; Kearney 30/5/44; Grenier 17/6/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-J] Deenethorpe 10/7/44; battle damaged 28/3/45 with ?; crash landed Belgium, 9RTD; Salvaged. LADY LUCK.

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B-17s of the 398th Bomb Group bombing the railyard at Bingen, 29 December 1944. Printed caption on reverse: '57548 AC- With bomb bay doors open, the first of a large formation of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses send their bombs plummeting earthwards on rail installations at Bingen, Germany, as heavy bombers of US Eighth Air Force press home their attack of December 29, 1944. US Air Force Photo.'

769

  • Date: 29 December 1944

766

  • Date: 28 December 1944
The wreck of a B-24 Liberator of the 93rd Bomb Group that crashed on take off near Aldeburgh, 19 December 1944. Image via Glenn Tessmer, 93rd Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '19/12/44 Aldeburgh, Norfolk, crash on t/o.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Crash site. Taken about 1 hour after crash. Mission was then scrubbed. Just off end of south runway. Lead aircraft 93BG at Hardwick, Eng. Probably Dec 15-23, 1944. Note weather! The exact date of the crash can be verified in 2nd A.D/ news letters. I can

756

  • Date: 19 December 1944

741

  • Date: 6 December 1944

738

  • Date: 5 December 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

21 May 1944

Assigned

10 July 1944

Other

Lost

28 March 1945

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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