Marvin Yeldell Luckie Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 45819 - S/Sgt Marvin Yeldell Luckie Jr, 603BS, 398BG
Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin, 3 February 1945. Mid-air collision near Lehmke, Germany in B-17 43-38697. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12215
Awards: PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15140333
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35499925
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34782382
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36817784
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33401456
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 February 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Mobile, Alabama | 28 February 1925 | Son of Marvin Y Luckie Snr. |
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Enlisted |
Fort McClellan, AL | 28 May 1943 | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lehmke, Germany | 3 February 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin; mid-air collision near Lehmke in B-17 43-38697 |
|
Buried |
Lehmke, Germany | 4 February 1945 | Interred Lehmke Cemetery |
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Based |
Nuthampstead | 3 February 1945 | Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Mobile National Cemetery in Mobile, Mobile County, AL | After the war, his remains were brought back to the US. Marvin Luckie rests at Mobile National Cemetery in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama | |
| Mobile, Alabama |
Revisions
Removed # from A/C serial to aid clarity and consistency.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2945073/marvin-y-luckie
MACR 12215
WWII Draft card with birth day 28
German record KU-3651 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147913734 (NARA)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12215, Mention in Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier by Streitfeld
