Maj. John “Lucky” Luckadoo, the last surviving B-17 pilot of the Eighth Air Force’s famed “Bloody Hundredth” Bombing Group, died in his home Sept. 1, his family announced. He was 103. “The Major left ...
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The B-17 Gunner Who Fell 20,000 Feet Without a Parachute
During a fierce bombing raid over Nazi-occupied France, Staff Sergeant Alan Magee was blown out of his B-17 Flying Fortress without a parachute—plummeting from 20,000 feet toward certain death. What ...
As part of a unit known as the Bloody 100th, he flew 25 harrowing missions in his B-17 bomber over German-held territory during World War II. By Clay Risen John H. Luckadoo, the last surviving pilot ...
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