44-15019 Lucky Lady VI

Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of Major Ernest E Bankey Jr.

Failed to Return (FTR) Ramrod to Oranienburg, Germany last seen strafing Stendal airfield. 10-Apr-45. F/O. Theodore F Lasch KIA MACR 13771.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group Headquarters Squadron (364th Fighter Group) 383rd Fighter Squadron 385th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15018575 / O-752095
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-63074
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Pilot

Places

Aerial photograph of Leiston airfield looking south, the control tower and technical site are to the right, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/929. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

E/A Destroyed/Probable

Dümmer, Germany 26 November 1944 1 x Bf109 destroyed, 1 x Bf109 probable. Dummer Lake. Pilot 1st Lt Ernest E Bakey Jr.

Other

E/A Destroyed/Shared

Bonn, Germany 27 December 1944 1 x Bf109, 4 x Fw190 destroyed. 1 x Fw190 shared. Bonn. Pilot 1st Lt Ernest E Bakey Jr

Crashed

Stendal, Germany 10 April 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Ramrod to Oranienburg, Germany last seen strafing Stendal airfield. 10-Apr-45. F/O. Theodore F Lasch KIA MACR 13771.

Manufactured

Inglewood, CA, USA Built at North American.

Delivered

California, USA Delivered to USAAF.

Assigned

Leiston IP16, UK Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF.