42-39941 LUCKY LADY III

Crew:
1st Lt. Richard F. Noble, Pilot, Evader
             KIA - Captured, escaped, captured again and
                Executed by Germans, 8 Augu1Olizy-PrimatFrance

           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.

Standing 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

Kneeling Left to Right:
S/Sgt. R. Munn TG; T/Sgt. R. Atkins, BT; RO; WG; WG (Last 3
unknown..HELP!)

Pilot 1st Lt. Richard F.Noble(O-453171) evaded capture
until early August, 1944, when he was captured by the
Germans with R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer, WAG, Henri E. DUBE
and Mr. Roger Mathieu. a French Resistance Member
who was taking the two men from his home to a safe
house. All 3 were captured by the Germans and taken to
a German POW Camp.
Once there, they managed to escape again! On 8 August,
1944, they were re-captured. Late that afternoon, Noble
and Dube were executed by the Germans at Olizy,
Primate, France!
On August 29, 1944, Mr. Mathieu, along with twelve other
Resistance members, were taken to a small wooded area
and executed as a group by the SS.

Lost on mission to Brux,
Czechoslovakia May 12, 1944
Hit by flak over target, attacked by
fighters over Aywaille, Belgium.
Crashed near
Sougne-Remouchamps, Belgium.