Dallas World War II hero John 'Lucky' Luckadoo has died

Chattanooga mourns Major John “Lucky” Luckadoo, last “Bloody Hundredth” B‑17 pilot

Luckadoo enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces at 19, served as a B‑17 pilot with the 100th Bomb Group, and flew 25 missions over Germany—including the October 8, 1943, Bremen raid during “Black Week.”

Dallas World War II hero John 'Lucky' Luckadoo has died

John 'Lucky' Luckadoo, the last surviving B-17 pilot from WWII's 100th Bomb Group, has passed away at 103.

World War II Veteran Maj. John “Lucky” Luckadoo Dies at 103

Maj. John H. “Lucky” Luckadoo, World War II veteran and the final surviving pilot from the original cadre of the U.S. Army Air Forces’ 100th Bomb Group, died this week at age 103. A Chattanooga, Tennessee, native, Luckadoo joined the Army Air Forces at 19 and was assigned as co-pilot to Glenn Dye’s B-17 crew in the 351st Bomb Squadron. From Thorpe Abbotts, England, he flew 25 combat missions between June 1943 and February 1944, including the Bre…