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 ...
John H. Luckadoo, the last surviving pilot from the storied 100th Bombardment Group, a war-battered unit of B-17 heavy bombers that flew missions deep over German-held territory during World War II, ...
ELSMERE, Delaware (WPVI) -- We want to wish a very special 100th birthday to a local hero. Raymond Firmani of Elsmere, Delaware, was a B-17 pilot in the 486th Heavy Bombardment Group in World War II, ...
At 102, retired Air Force Capt. Dick Nelms, who flew 35 missions over Nazi Germany in a Boeing B-17, shares his WWII ...
DALLAS — John "Lucky" Luckadoo, of Dallas, the last surviving B-17 bomber pilot from the 100th Bomb Group during World War II, has died at the age of 103. Presbyterian Village North in Dallas, where ...
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A Tyler man is sharing the story of his freedom fighting father. “Growing up, I knew that he was a B-17 pilot, and he was in World War II. That’s it. That’s all I knew,” Tom ...
A B-17 Flying Fortress will be conducting tours and flights at Smith Reynolds Airport through Sunday. The plane, called Texas Raiders, is one of just 11 B-17s currently flying in the world today, ...