To fly in the Eighth Air Force during World War II was “to buy a ticket to your own funeral,” historian and author Donald L. Miller told a sold-out crowd at the George W. Bush Presidential Museum earlier this month.
A pilot was lucky to survive 11 missions, but longtime Dallas resident John “Lucky” Luckadoo, a member of the legendary Bloody 100th Bomb Group, somehow made it through 25 missions over France and Germany.