In the final days of 1943, a damaged American B-17 struggled to stay in the air — its crew wounded, its engines failing. Then ...

John H. Luckadoo, the last surviving pilot from the storied 100th Bombardment Group, a war-battered unit of B-17 heavy bombers that flew missions deep over German-held territory during World War II, ...

On December 20, 1943, a heavily damaged B-17 bomber limped through the skies over Germany, piloted by U.S. airman Charlie Brown. As it passed low over a Luftwaffe airfield, German ace Franz Stigler ...

As part of a unit known as the Bloody 100th, he flew 25 harrowing missions in his B-17 bomber over German-held territory during World War II. By Clay Risen John H. Luckadoo, the last surviving pilot ...