John H Luckadoo

Military

Object Number - UPL 32244 - John "Lucky" Luckadoo

Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x missions. Then operations officer for both the 350th & 351st BS's, followed stateside by instructing in the 3rd AF.

Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

His Story was encapsulated in the book "Damn Lucky" by Kevin Maurer.

Connections

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Units served with

The wreckage of a B-24 Liberator (GO-K) of the 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group that has crash landed. A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group is in the background.

100th Bomb Group

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

People

William Dwayne Desanders

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: at enlistment 18038917
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30089

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron

42-30796

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sunny ii

42-3307

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Skipper
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Group

42-37807

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Alice From Dallas II

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Tennessee, USA 16 March 1922

Enlisted

Fort Oglethorpe, GA, USA 26 March 1942 Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

Based

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

Revisions

Date20 Mar 2023 18:17:26
ContributorRayWells
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added pic

 

Date31 Jan 2022 10:34:25
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to events, person associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
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https://www.fold3.com/image/312833739
https://gbctv.net/portfolio/john-lucky-luckadoo-ae-bloody-100th

Date30 Jan 2022 18:57:41
ContributorRayWells
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Updated bio

Date22 Feb 2021 18:11:15
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename and role
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https://www.fold3.com/image/312833739

Date23 Oct 2019 01:55:13
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to aircraft associations
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Removed 1 A/C connection that I added erroneously.

Date23 Oct 2019 01:41:38
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to aircraft associations
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Added connections to 2 A/C per an interview of John Luckadoo on10/22/19 at the Museum of the Air Force .

Date23 Mar 2018 22:53:41
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to nickname, service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations
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https://www.fold3.com/image/312833739?terms=John%20Luckadoo
https://www.fold3.com/record/84016455-john-h-luckadoo

Date19 Mar 2018 21:20:27
ContributorRayWells
ChangesChanges to nickname and media associations
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Date27 Sep 2014 18:15:51
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

John H Luckadoo: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 20452 - Dye crew with Sunny II. Lt. Dye is second from...

Object number: UPL 32244 - John "Lucky" Luckadoo

Object number: UPL 55404 - 'Lucky' Luckadoo shakes hands with William...