Marvin Yeldell Luckie Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURUSAAF Photo
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.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17135994 / O-722753
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-768657
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18117213 / O-715892
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Mobile, Alabama | 28 February 1925 | Son of Marvin Y Luckie Snr. |
Enlisted |
Fort McClellan, AL | 28 May 1943 | |
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 |
Based |
Nuthampstead | 3 February 1945 | Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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