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Surviving The Bloody 100th: Lucky Luckadoo

Photo: B-17 bombers of the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, in flight, 1944. Public domain (U.S. Army Air Force via National Archives).

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Goalhanger

12 Oct, 2023

WW2 Pod We Have Ways

1 hr and 8 mins

USAAF (United States Army Air Forces)

War Memoirs

Strategic Air Campaign

Aircraft

John 'Lucky' Luckadoo was born in 1922, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He is the last surviving pilot of the US Eighth Air Force 100th Bomb Group - nicknamed 'The Bloody 100th'. In this brilliant interview with James Holland, he describes his experience flying for the USAAF and the devastating experience of Black Thursday.

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Meet the Speakers

James Holland

Historian, writer, and podcaster, specialises in World War II and hosts "We Have Ways" podcast.

Al Murray

Al Murray, comedian, writer, and historian, co-hosts the WWII podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk and writes on

WW2 Pod We Have Ways

Surviving The Bloody 100th: Lucky Luckadoo

Surviving The Bloody 100th: Lucky Luckadoo

Meet the Speakers

James Holland

Al Murray

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