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John ‘Lucky’ Luckadoo, Who Was the Last Surviving Member of the Bloody Hundredth, ‘Lived Every Day to the Fullest’
John Luckadoo flew 25 perilous missions with the 100th Bomb Group, surviving intense combat where only one in four crews completed their tours, later educating future generations about WWII air battles.
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John ‘Lucky’ Luckadoo, who was the last surviving member of the Bloody Hundredth, ‘lived every day to the fullest’
The last surviving member of the 100th Bombardment Group, nicknamed the “Bloody Hundredth” for its extreme losses in WWII, died at the age of 103.
·Washington, United States
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John Luckadoo, last B-17 pilot of the Bloody Hundredth, dies at 103
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 formation the evening of September 1st and completed his final mission to bluer skies,” a message on Luckadoo’s official website said.Born March 16, 1922, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Luckadoo would join the U.S. Army Air Forces months after the Japan…
·Vienna, United States
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