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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

“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 …

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 …

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 …