Oct 25, 2016 · Lucky 666 is a thrilling narrative about the ingenuity that it took to win the war, about a ‘Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight’ of aviators who built their own B-17 out of junkyard parts, and then went on to fly one of the most memorable, effective missions of …

Oct 25, 2016 · "Lucky 666" details the incredible mission of a "cursed" plane an oddball crew. After pulling together a crew from the airmen around Port Moresby, Jay Zeamer and his team restore and overarm a bomber with a reputation for being shot …

Apr 6, 2018 · In his book Lucky 666, Bob Drury shares the incredible story of a group of ragtag WWII airmen in the Pacific theater and their ringleader, Captain Jay Zeamer.

Dec 3, 2016 · It’s a fast-paced, well-researched account of a B-17 bomber — known as Old 666 — its crew and a courageous flight to shoot pre-invasion photos of Bougainville, a Japanese-held island near...

Oct 3, 2017 · With unprecedented access to the Old 666 crew’s family and letters, as well as newly released transcripts from the Imperial Air Force’s official accounts of the battle, Lucky 666 is perhaps the...

Oct 3, 2017 · Lucky 666 is a thrilling narrative about the ingenuity that it took to win the war, about a ‘Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight’ of aviators who built their own B-17 out of junkyard parts, and then went on to fly one of the most memorable, effective missions of the Pacific campaign.

“A fast-paced, well-researched…irresistible” World War II aviation account of friendship, heroism, and sacrifice” (USA TODAY). It’s 1942, just after the blow to Pearl Harbor and the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, and the United States is reeling.

In June 1943, Zeamer and Sarnoski and their crew volunteer for a 1200-mile suicide mission into the heart of the Japanese Empire that may well change the course of the war but which only one of the...

Lucky 666 is a thrilling narrative about the ingenuity that it took to win the war, about a ‘Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight’ of aviators who built their own B-17 out of junkyard parts, and then went on to fly one of the most memorable, effective missions of the Pacific campaign.