"Lucky Lady"
                        B-17G-5-VE, SN: 42-39941

             Lost on mission to Brux, Czechoslovakia
                                 May 12, 1944

            Hit by flak over target, attacked by fighters
            over Belgium.

          The Lucky Lady still burning, at the very left bottom, you can see a
                person, bent over looking at something from the bomber!  

       The Lucky Lady crashed at:  Remouchamps, 3 km east
                                                         of Aywaille, 18 km south
                                                         east of Liege, Belgium

Left to Right:
T/Sgt. L. Martin, FE/TTG; 2nd Lt. L. D. Viafore CP; 1st Lt. R. F. Noble P;
4th and 5th, one is unknown, other is 2nd Lt. R. Laule (?If you know contact us?)

Kneeling      
Left to Right:
   S/Sgt. R. Munn TG; T/Sgt. R. Atkins, BT; RO; WG; WG (?If you know contact us?)

Crew:    1st Lt. Richard F. Noble, Pilot, Evader
                 KIA - Captured, escaped, captured again and
                    Executed by Germans, 8 August, 1944, Olizy-Primate, France
               2nd Lt. Daniel G. Viafore, Co-pilot, Evader
               2nd Lt. Richard D. Laule, Navigator, POW.
               2nd Lt. Bruce W. Clago, Bombardier, POW.
               T/Sgt. Lloyd A. Martin, Flight Engineer/TTG, POW.
               T/Sgt. Robert Atkins, Radio Operator/Gunner, Evader
               S/Sgt. Ralph J. Murn, Ball Turret Gunner, POW.
               S/Sgt. Vernon L. Moody, Right Waist Gunner, POW.
               S/Sgt. George B. Brush, Left Waist Gunner, POW.
               S/Sgt. Leon H. Navies, Tail Gunner, POW.

                  731st Bombardment Squadron (H)
                     452nd Bombardment Group (H)
                          45th Combat Wing (H)
                      3rd Bombardment Division
                  8th United States Army Air Force

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