Ernest J Lewis

Military
Ernest J Lewis UPL 71051 UPL 71051 Ernest J Lewis flew with the 487th BG from Lavenham before being shot down and taken POW on the 10th of April 1945

Photo from his Daughter Margaret

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Object Number - UPL 71051 - Ernest J Lewis flew with the 487th BG from Lavenham before being shot down and taken POW on the 10th of April 1945

Ernest j Lewis regularly flew in B-17G 43-38893 Patches but on the 10th of April 1945 was seconded to fly  on 44-8702, Forever Amber.  This aircraft was shot down by an enemy jet aircraft and crashed near Burg  Germany MACR13884 He was captured and became a Prisoner of War
He was a close friend of Daggett Morse

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

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

People

Daggett Morse

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

43-38893

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 836th Bomb Squadron 487th Bomb Group
A B-17G Flying Fortress (2G-S, serial number 44-8702) of the 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group piloted by an officer named "Hakenstein", set on fire on a raid on Brandenburg. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Ship on fire, 487th BG, B-17G, 48702. Pilot Hakenstein, Target Brandenburg. I.C.M., Nat Archives Aug 75.'

44-8702

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Forever Amber
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Prisoner of war

10 April 1945

Born

Revisions

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Updated bio

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spelling correction

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Updated Bio and Connections with info from his Daughter Margaret Lewis

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MACR 13884

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13884 / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/StraussCrew.shtml

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