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 ...
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, ...
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, ...
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, ...