B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31389 / Luscious Lucy aka Lacy’s Lushes

History of
B-17 42-31389 / Luscious Lucy aka Lacy’s Lushes

Delivered Cheyenne 28/10/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Wilmington 26/11/43; slated 447BG; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-J] Thorpe Abbotts 1/1/44; Missing in Action Magdeberg 28/5/44 with Lucius Lacy, Navigator: Ray Rossman, Bombardier: Herb Greenberg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sid Carey, Radio Operator: Clarry Wood, Waist gunner: Ray Mitchell,Tail gunner: Mike Rotz (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Claude Schindler, Ball turret gunner: Chester Powell, Waist gunner: Joe Folsom (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft hit cockpit and KOd #4, crashed Barleben, three miles Nth of Magdeburg, Ger. MACR 5382. LACY’S LUSHES aka LUCIOUS LUCY.

Last updated: 24. January 2018