Edward Chester Lewek
Military ROLL OF HONOURHe died in Norfolk when a weather ship crashed.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
5 December 1923 | Parents: Stanley Lewek and Stella Lewek née Smith | |
Died |
20 November 1944 | WX FLIGHT (NEAR SCOLE INN) at 0557 HRS A/C 43-38095. KIC | |
Buried |
Woodlawn National Cemetery, Sect. F., Site 4199 |
Revisions
Interment Control Forms, 1928–1962. Interment Control Forms, A1 2110-B. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985, Record Group 92. The National Archives at College Park, College Park, Maryland ; Draft Registration Cards for New York State, 10/16/1940 - 3/31/1947. 863 boxes. NAI: 7644744. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926–1975, Record Group 147. National Archives and Records Administration, St Louis, Missouri.
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418th Bomb Squadron is listed on his grave
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.mcadams.org/fpdb/sqds_name2.asp