{"id":1211,"date":"2024-06-23T23:23:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T23:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toddshistory.com\/?p=1211"},"modified":"2024-06-23T23:23:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T23:23:48","slug":"satans-lady-one-tough-b-17g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddshistory.com\/?p=1211","title":{"rendered":"Satan’s Lady – one tough B-17G"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am honored to include on my website a small portion of the wartime diary of Loy F. Peterson. Loy was the pilot of Satan’s Lady, a most lucky B17. Loy flew 33 missions in her before returning to the States in late June, 1944. The aircraft survived the war, and even more remarkably, never had a wound or death among her crews on the 130 plus missions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am deeply indebted to Loy’s son, Roger Sykes, for allowing me the time to read through this awesome document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PAGE TWO OF INTRO -THE CREW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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PAGE THREE OF INTRO- CREW CONTINUED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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SEPTEMER 28, 1943- THE TRIP OVER (PAGE 1)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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SEPTEMBER 30, 1943 – THE TRIP OVER (PAGE 2)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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OCTOBER 1, 1943- THE TRIP OVER (PAGE 3)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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OCTOBER 3, 1943- THE TRIP OVER (PAGE 4)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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OCTOBER 4, 1943 – THE TRIP OVER (PAGE 5)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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OCTOBER 6, 1943- THE TRIP OVER (PAGE 6)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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SOME THOUGHTS BEFORE THE MISSIONS BEGIN (PAGE 1)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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SOME THOUGHTS BEFORE THE MISSIONS BEGIN (PAGE 2)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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NOVEMBER 3, 1943 FIRST MISSION -WILHELMSHAVEN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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NOVEMBER 3, 1943 CONT.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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THE HEARTBREAK OF LOST CREWS – 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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THE HEARTBREAK OF LOST CREWS – 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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JUNE 12, 1944 – HOW MUCH MORE CAN THEY TAKE?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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JUNE 12, 1944 – THE STRESS HAS BECOME UNBEARABLE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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D-DAY! AND SATAN’S LADY’S 41ST MISSION<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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SATAN’S LADY’S 41ST MISSION ON D-DAY – PAGE 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am honored to include on my website a small portion of the wartime diary of Loy F. Peterson. Loy was the pilot of Satan’s Lady, a most lucky B17. Loy flew 33 missions in her before returning to the States in late June, 1944. The aircraft survived the war, and even more remarkably, never … Continue reading Satan’s Lady – one tough B-17G<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-veterans-stories","category-ww2campaignsandbattles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddshistory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddshistory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddshistory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddshistory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddshistory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/toddshistory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1238,"href":"https:\/\/toddshistory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211\/revisions\/1238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddshistory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddshistory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddshistory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}