BD Fam,

If anyone hasn’t already, I highly recommend watching Master’s of the Air on Apple Tv!

It was truly a different world back then and gives a glimpse into the Aerial Combat of WW2.

Check out this article from AF Times as we unfortunately lost the last B-17 pilot from the “bloody 100th”.

Cheers to Lucky!

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-military/2025/09/09/john-luckadoo-last-b-17-pilot-of-the-bloody-hundredth-dies-at-103/

airforcetimes.com

John Luckadoo, last B-17 pilot of the Bloody Hundredth, dies at 103

"Lucky" was just a wide-eyed 21-year-old lieutenant when he manned the B-17 controls and took to the sky for his first bombing mission over Nazi Germany.