John ‘Lucky’ Luckadoo, Last Surviving Pilot of ‘Bloody Hundredth,’ Has Died

John “Lucky” Luckadoo served as a B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber copilot, flying difficult and dangerous combat missions over Nazi-occupied Europe with the 100th Bomb Group—the legendary "Bloody Hundredth."

约翰·“幸运”·卢卡杜 (John “Lucky” Luckadoo) 担任 B-17 飞行堡垒重型轰炸机副驾驶，与第 100 轰炸机大队（即传奇的“血腥第一百”）一起在纳粹占领的欧洲上空执行艰难而危险的战斗任务。

Top Photo: John ‘Lucky’ Luckadoo receives a round of applause at The National WWII Museum’s grand opening of the Malcolm S.

热门照片：约翰·“幸运”·卢卡杜 (John ‘Lucky’ Luckadoo) 在国家二战博物馆马尔科姆·S·卢卡杜 (Malcolm S.

Forbes Rare and Iconic Artifacts Gallery and Voices from the Front experience in 2024.

2024 年福布斯稀有标志性文物画廊和前线之声体验。

“The Major left formation the evening of September 1st and completed his final mission to bluer skies,” a message on Luckadoo’s official website said.

卢卡多官方网站上的一条消息称：“少校于 9 月 1 日晚离开编队，完成了他最后的飞行任务，飞向更蓝的天空。”

Born in 1922, Luckadoo joined the US Army Air Forces at age 19.

卢卡杜出生于 1922 年，19 岁时加入美国陆军空军。

Two months after the surprise attack of Pearl Harbor, he volunteered as an aviation cadet in February 1942.

珍珠港袭击两个月后，他于 1942 年 2 月自愿成为一名航空学员。

After completing training a year later, he was assigned as a pilot to the 351st Bomb Squadron of the 100th Bombardment Group.

一年后完成训练后，他被分配到第100轰炸大队第351轰炸中队担任飞行员。

Luckadoo served as a copilot on Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers , flying 25 combat missions over Nazi-occupied Europe.

卢卡杜担任波音 B-17 飞行堡垒重型轰炸机的副驾驶，在纳粹占领的欧洲上空执行了 25 次战斗任务。

The 100th Bomb Group earned its now-famed nickname, the “Bloody Hundredth,” due to its heavy losses in the often-brutal air war in the skies over Europe.

第 100 轰炸大队因其在欧洲上空经常发生的残酷空战中损失惨重而赢得了现在著名的绰号“血腥第一百”。

Luckadoo recalled that morale for the group cratered after suffering 400 percent crew turnover in its first 90 days in combat.

卢卡杜回忆说，在战斗的头 90 天里，船员流动率达到 400%，团队士气大跌。

“Every time you went up, you were facing the stark possibility that would be your last mission,” Luckadoo said in a 2012 oral history recording for The National WWII Museum.

卢卡杜在 2012 年为国家二战博物馆录制的口述历史录音中说道：“每次你上去，你都会面临着一个严峻的可能性，那就是你的最后一次任务。”

Lucky Luckadoo served as a copilot on Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers, flying 25 combat missions over Nazi-occupied Europe in 1943–44.

Lucky Luckadoo 担任波音 B-17 飞行堡垒重型轰炸机的副驾驶，在 1943-44 年间在纳粹占领的欧洲上空执行了 25 次战斗任务。

The Bloody Hundredth’s bad luck would continue, taking part in a series of catastrophic air raids on October 8–14, 1943.

血腥一百人队的厄运还在继续，他们参加了 1943 年 10 月 8 日至 14 日的一系列灾难性空袭。

That period, which would later become known as “Black Week,” saw severe losses for the Army Air Forces, with 148 bombers and 1,500 aircrew lost in a matter of days.

那段时期（后来被称为“黑色周”）见证了陆军空军的严重损失，几天之内就有 148 架轰炸机和 1,500 名机组人员损失。

Luckadoo recalled that the worst of his 25 missions was a bombing raid to Bremen, Germany, on October 8, 1943.

卢卡多回忆说，他执行的 25 次任务中最糟糕的是 1943 年 10 月 8 日对德国不莱梅的轰炸袭击。

His squadron was assigned to fly the “Purple Heart Corner” of the formation, a position that was particularly vulnerable to enemy antiaircraft fire.

他的中队被分配到编队的“紫心角”飞行，这个位置特别容易受到敌方防空火力的攻击。

“We had never before encountered the density of the flak opposition that we did that day.

“我们之前从未遇到过像那天那样如此密集的猛烈反对。

And we had never previously experienced the Luftwaffe flying through their own flak,” Luckadoo recalled.

我们以前从未经历过德国空军穿过自己的高射炮飞行，”卢卡杜回忆道。

Only six of the 18 planes from the 100th Bomb Group returned from Bremen.

第100轰炸大队的18架飞机中只有6架从不莱梅返回。

Luckadoo’s plane was hit during the raid; one engine was damaged, and the front glass nose cone was blown out.

卢卡多的飞机在袭击中被击中；一台发动机受损，前玻璃鼻锥被炸飞。

He said he could vividly recall witnessing another bomber, the Piccadilly Lily , being rammed by a German Focke-Wulf Fw 190, forcing him to take evasive action to avoid another collision.

他说，他清楚地记得目睹另一架轰炸机皮卡迪利百合号被一架德国福克沃尔夫 Fw 190 撞击，迫使他采取规避行动以避免再次相撞。

After the Bremen mission, Luckadoo was temporarily grounded and was made operations officer for the 351st Squadron.

不来梅任务结束后，卢卡杜暂时停飞并被任命为第 351 中队的作战军官。

Two days later, the 100th Bomb Group took off again to bomb Münster on October 10, 1943.

两天后，第 100 轰炸大队于 1943 年 10 月 10 日再次起飞轰炸明斯特。

Of the 13 planes sent out, only one would return.

派出的 13 架飞机中，只有一架返回。

“You had to conclude sooner or later that if you survived, you were just damned lucky,” he said.

“你迟早必须得出这样的结论：如果你能活下来，那你就太幸运了，”他说。

Luckadoo also did not fly during the devastating second Schweinfurt raid on October 14, 1943, which would later become known as “Black Thursday.”

1943 年 10 月 14 日，第二次毁灭性的施韦因富特空袭（后来被称为“黑色星期四”）中，卢卡多也没有飞行。

Service members were expected to fly 25 combat missions before they could be eligible to be rotated back to the United States.

服役人员预计要执行 25 次战斗任务，然后才有资格轮调回美国。

(The Bremen mission was Luckadoo’s 21st mission.) His original crew completed their 25th mission in September 1943, becoming the first in the 100th Bomb Group to complete the feat.

（不来梅任务是卢卡杜的第 21 次任务。）他的原班人马于 1943 年 9 月完成了第 25 次任务，成为第 100 轰炸大队中第一个完成这一壮举的人。

However, Luckadoo was not with them for all of the missions and had to continue flying.

然而，卢卡多并没有陪伴他们完成所有任务，不得不继续飞行。

Luckadoo would later transfer to the 350th Squadron before completing his 25th mission in February 1944, flying Alice From Dallas II over a V-2 rocket site on the French coast.

卢卡杜后来调到第 350 中队，并于 1944 年 2 月完成了他的第 25 次任务，驾驶爱丽丝从达拉斯 II 飞越法国海岸的 V-2 火箭基地。

He returned to the United States in March 1944.

1944年3月他回到美国。

He attended instrument school at Bryan Army Air Field in College Station, Texas, where he met his future wife.

他在德克萨斯州大学城布莱恩陆军机场的仪器学校就读，在那里他遇到了他未来的妻子。

He transitioned to B-29s and was preparing for deployment to the Pacific theater when the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan.

当原子弹投向日本时，他转而使用 B-29 并准备部署到太平洋战区。

He accepted a regular commission when the Air Force became a separate branch, but would later resign to attend college using the GI Bill.

当空军成为一个独立的部门时，他接受了常规任命，但后来根据《退伍军人权利法案》辞职去上大学。

He graduated from the University of Denver in 1950.

1950年毕业于丹佛大学。

Lucky Luckadoo signs copies of his book for attendees of the 2022 International Conference on World War II at The National WWII Museum.

Lucky Luckadoo 在国家二战博物馆为 2022 年二战国际会议的与会者签署了他的书。

Later in life, he helped preserve the legacy of the Bloody Hundredth by educating younger generations about their service and sacrifice.

在晚年，他通过教育年轻一代了解他们的服务和牺牲，帮助保存了血腥一百人的遗产。

In 2021, Luckadoo was awarded The National WWII Museum’s Silver Service Medallion in recognition of his life of service and leadership.

2021 年，卢卡多被授予国家二战博物馆银质服务奖章，以表彰他的一生服务和领导才能。

He is featured in the Museum’s interactive Voices from the Front experience, and his oral history has been archived in the Museum’s Digital Collections.

他是博物馆互动“前线之声”体验的主角，他的口述历史已存档在博物馆的数字馆藏中。

In 2022, he spoke at the Museum’s International Conference on World War II, recalling his experiences during the war.

2022年，他在博物馆举办的二战国际会议上发表讲话，回顾了自己在战争期间的经历。

In recent years, Luckadoo continued the work in sharing his story for future generations.

近年来，卢卡多继续努力为后代分享他的故事。

In 2022, his biography, Damn Lucky: One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History was published by New York Times best-selling author Kevin Maurer.

2022 年，他的传记《该死的幸运：航空史上最血腥的军事战役中一个人的勇气》由《纽约时报》畅销书作家凯文·毛雷尔出版。

Luckadoo also served as a technical consultant for the 2024 American war drama miniseries Masters of the Air for Apple TV+.

Luckadoo 还担任 Apple TV+ 2024 年美国战争剧迷你剧《空中大师》的技术顾问。

The multipart series from the producers of Band of Brothers and The Pacific portrays the story of the Bloody Hundredth, including the deadly missions over Bremen, Schweinfurt, Regensburg, and Münster.

这部由《兄弟连》和《太平洋》制片人制作的多集剧集讲述了血腥一百周年的故事，包括在不莱梅、施韦因富特、雷根斯堡和明斯特上空执行的致命任务。

Kevin Dupuy is a National Edward R.

凯文·杜普伊 (Kevin Dupuy) 是爱德华·R·国民 (National Edward R.

Murrow Award-winning producer and Director of Digital Content at The National WWII Museum.

默罗奖获奖制作人兼国家二战博物馆数字内容总监。

Joseph R.

约瑟夫·R。

Beyrle's experience captures the initiative demanded of airborne soldiers, the brutality endured by prisoners of war, and the unlikely battlefield cooperation between American and Soviet soldiers during the final months of the war.

拜尔的经历体现了空降兵所需要的主动性、战俘所遭受的残酷以及战争最后几个月美国和苏联士兵之间不太可能的战场合作。

In the letter, Major Richard “Dick” Winters responded to Stephen Ambrose's request for his thoughts on the strain of command, the problems he faced during the war, and the living conditions his soldiers endured.

在信中，理查德·“迪克”·温特斯少校回应了斯蒂芬·安布罗斯关于他对指挥压力、他在战争期间面临的问题以及他的士兵所忍受的生活条件的看法的请求。

What emerged was also a concise explanation of Winters’s leadership philosophy.

随之而来的是对温特斯领导哲学的简洁解释。

At The National WWII Museum, visitors can discover artifacts carried, worn, and used by paratroopers of the 101st Airborne alongside items that tell the story of Band of Brothers itself.

在国家二战博物馆，游客可以发现第 101 空降师伞兵携带、佩戴和使用的文物，以及讲述兄弟连本身故事的物品。

This month, we explore how the Nazi campaign against “degenerate” modernist art and music can help students use Visual Thinking Strategies as a way to observe and think critically about art, as well as teach them how culture plays into times of war.

本月，我们探讨纳粹针对“堕落”现代主义艺术和音乐的运动如何帮助学生使用视觉思维策略作为观察和批判性思考艺术的方式，并教会他们文化如何融入战争时期。

Bussel spent a year as a prisoner of war after his plane was shot down over Germany—a traumatic experience that would fuel his work on behalf of veterans and former POWs later in life.

巴塞尔的飞机在德国上空被击落后，他作为战俘度过了一年——这段痛苦的经历为他日后为退伍军人和前战俘所做的工作提供了动力。

The True Glory chronicles the Allied liberation of Western Europe, from the preparations for Operation Overlord to the fall of Berlin.

《真正的荣耀》记录了盟军解放西欧的过程，从霸王行动的准备工作到柏林的陷落。

Few American generals of World War II inspired as much admiration or as much controversy as George S.

很少有二战时期的美国将军能像乔治·S·布什那样引起如此多的钦佩或争议。

Patton.

巴顿。

In a war against Nazi Germany, no statement was more dramatic than for Jewish American soldiers to proclaim their faith on German soil.

在对抗纳粹德国的战争中，没有什么比犹太美国士兵在德国土地上宣扬他们的信仰更引人注目的了。

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