Chester L Powell Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-31389 'Lucious Lucy'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5382





Awards: PH

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

People

Lucius Gleason Lacy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-745909
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31389

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lacy’s Lushes, Lucious Lucy
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Los Angeles, California 25 November 1923

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA, USA 9 December 1942

Died

Magdeburg, Germany 28 May 1944 Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-31389 'Lucious Lucy'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5382

Based

Thorpe Abbotts 28 May 1944 Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Glendale, CA, USA Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Glendale Los Angeles CA

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/28650214
https://www.fold3.com/record/85072160-chester-l-powell-jr
https://www.fold3.com/page/85072160-chester-l-powell-jr/facts
https://www.fold3.com/image/311039329?terms=19202968%20Chester%20L%20Po…
Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65182350/chester-l.-powell

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5382