Jack Lucas

Military

On 23 January 1943 in B-17F #41-24580 'Hell Cat', 303BG/358BS while serving a Left Waist Gunner. The aircraft was downed by fighters near Brest. He was able to parachute to safety and was captured as a Prisoner of War (POW). He participated in 8 operations, credited with 4 Missions (see Biography events).

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Units served with

303rd Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

358th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-24558

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Hunga Dunga
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

41-24562

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Sky Wolf
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

41-24580

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Hellcat Agnes : No Monkey Business
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

41-24606

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Werewolf
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

Missions

VIII Bomber Command 30

Date: 23 January 1943

VIII Bomber Command 29

Date: 13 January 1943

VIII Bomber Command 28

Date: 3 January 1943

VIII Bomber Command 26

Date: 20 December 1942
Official Description:

A flight of B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 305th Bomb Group, in formation returning from Lille. Printed caption on reverse: 'Vapor trails made by Boeing B-17's returning from Lille, France. US Air Force Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'KY-A, 25085?. KY-B, 124591 "Rigor Mortis". KY-C, 25078. JJ-Q, 25060. JJ-R, 123614 "Snafu". XK-U "Wham Bam". XK-P "Flapper".

VIII Bomber Command 24

Date: 6 December 1942
Official Description:

Places

Molesworth

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Operation #1 Jack Lucas w/42-24558, 303BG/358BS Aborted	Saint-Nazaire, France	17 November 1942	Served in 41-24558 'Hunga Dunga', 303BG/358BS as Left Waist Gunner. Aircraft aborted mission. (RTB OK)
Other Operation #2 Jack Lucas w/42-24580, 303BG/358BS	Lorient, France	22 November 1942	Served in 41-24580 'Hell Cat', 303BG/358BS as Left Waist Gunner. (RTB OK)
Other Operation #3 Jack Lucas w/41-24558, 303BG/358BS	Saint-Nazaire, France	23 November 1942	Served in 41-24558 'Hunga Dunga' as Tail Gunner. (RTB OK)
Other Operation #4 Jack Lucas w/41-24580, 303BG/358BS Aborted	Lille, France	6 December 1942	Served in B -17F 41-24580 "Hell Cat", 303BG/358BS as Left Waist Gunner. Aircraft aborted (RTB OK)
Other Operation #5 Jack Lucas w/41-24580, 303BG/358BS	Romilly-sur-Seine, France	20 December 1942	Served in B-17F 41-24580 "Hell Cat", 303BG/358BS as Right Waist Gunner. Aircraft aborted (RTB OK)
Other Operation #6 Jack Lucas w/41-24606, 303BG/358BS	Saint-Nazaire, France	3 January 1943	Served in B-17F 41-24606 "Werewolf", 303BG/358BS as Right Waist Gunner.
Other Operation #7 Jack Lucas w/42-24562, 303BG/358BS	Lille, France	13 January 1943	Served in B-17 F 41-24562 "Sky Wolf" as Right Waist Gunner. (RTB OK)
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Krems an der Donau, Austria	23 January 1943 - 22 May 1945	Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf (near Krems), Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 22-May-45
Other Operation #8 Jack Lucas w/41-24580, 303BG/358BS	Lorient, France	23 January 1943	Served in B-17F 41-24580 "Hell Cat" as Left Waist Gunner. Aircraft shot down. (POW)
Born

Revisions

Date8 Mar 2023 21:37:15

Contributorjmoore43

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Added Some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

Date4 Aug 2015 22:57:49

ContributorLee8thbuff

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Lee Cunningham 4-Aug-43 Made Connections to ALL Mission participation per 303BG webssite Mission Reports, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/

Date4 Aug 2015 21:53:02

ContributorLee8thbuff

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Lee Cunningham 4-Aug-2015. Correcting date error on Operation #4.

Date4 Aug 2015 21:51:05

ContributorLee8thbuff

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Lee Cunningham 4-Aug-2015. Added Operations #1 thru #8 Biography events per 303BG webiste Mission Reports, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/

Date22 Jan 2015 18:45:58

ContributorLee8thbuff

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Lee Cunningham 22-Jan-2015. Added decoration, SN and POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Corrected Role/Job per 303rd Bomb Group website: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-358-oconnor.html; Made connections to Place, AIrcraft and Mission within existing website data; Edited descritpion per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:13:44

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey Vol. 1 p. 65-66 MACR 15473,

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