Bernal Loraine Lewis

Military

Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Zietz in B-17 44-8017 Sad Sack'; Shot down by intense flak 30-Nov-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11125



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Theodore George Ramsdell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11008596 / O-428563
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-8017

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Sad Sack
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

Missions

731

  • Date: 30 November 1944

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Canton, SD 16 March 1923 Son of Lambert and Mamie Evelyn [Renli] Lewis. NoK: Wife Helen Lewis, Stockton, CA
Stockton, CA 30 June 1942 Working in Stockton State Hospital at time of draft registration.

Enlisted

San Francisco, CA 10 September 1942 San Francisco, California

Other

Baled out POW

Zietz, Germany 30 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Zietz in B-17 44-8017 Sad Sack'; Shot down by intense flak 30-Nov-44. POW MACR 11125

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 30 November 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Redwood City, CA 31 October 2007

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Kimbolton 30 November 1944 Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, VA Sectio: 64, Site: 5469

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/record/84984245-bernal-l-lewis
https://www.fold3.com/record/620062202-bernal-lewis-1923
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49247301/bernal-l-lewis

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11125 / MACR 11125; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 332 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database