43-38760 Lucky Lady

Delivered Lincoln 16/9/44; Grenier 30/9/44; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-X] Horham 11/10/44; w.R.H. Wright force landed RAF Leiston, UK 16/12/44; battle damaged Darmstadt 24/12/44 with Glen Purdy, Co-pilot: Theo Harris, Navigator: Bill McEwan, Bombardier: Carl Strauch, erttg-Henry Miller, Radio Operator: Ed Schneider, Ball turret gunner: Horace Hampton, Waist gunner: Jim Ganster, Waist gunner: Bob Spitznagel,Tail gunner: Rich McCain (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed Alsace-Lorraine, France; 15m, sal 21/1/45. LUCKY LADY (not painted on).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Aerial photograph of Leiston airfield looking south, the control tower and technical site are to the right, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/929. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Leiston

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham

Missions

752

  • Date: 16 December 1944

748

  • Date: 12 December 1944

746

  • Date: 11 December 1944

738

  • Date: 5 December 1944

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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Sources

https://95thbgdb.com/aircraft/287

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log