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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688

  • Date: 25 October 1944

685

  • Date: 22 October 1944

681

  • Date: 17 October 1944
The flak damaged nose of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 398th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '54600 AC- England- 1st lt Lawrence M De Lancey, Corvallis, Oregon, landed this B-17 safely after its nose was literally shot away by flak over Cologne, Germany. Please Credit: Official US Air Force Photo.' Printed caption on image: 'This B-17 landed safely after losing its nose to flak. US AAF Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '43-38172 of 398th BG.'

678

  • Date: 15 October 1944

677

  • Date: 14 October 1944

Events

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Delivered

21 May 1944

Assigned

10 July 1944

Other

Lost

28 March 1945

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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=37790

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http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?Serial=37790

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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