Edward Albert Lucas

Military
media-55592.jpeg UPL 55592 S/Sgt Edward A. Lucas, 458BG.

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Object Number - UPL 55592 - S/Sgt Edward A. Lucas, 458BG.

Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Harold Benson Dane

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19100811 / O-699652
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-110070

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Lady Luck - Elmer
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Washington, DC 31 August 1924 Son of Carrie G Lucas.

Enlisted

Fort Myer, Arlington, VA 10 August 1943 Fort Myer, Arlington, Virginia
Washington, DC

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139514011

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(Dane crew in 754th BS) / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 55592 - S/Sgt Edward A. Lucas, 458BG.