Frank E Lewis

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Berlin on 10 Apr 45 in B-17 #4338853



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Macon, Georgia, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 10 April 1945

Revisions

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ContributorLucyM
Changes
Sources

From son at the 8th Air Force Historical Society reunion in Nashville, TN, October 2014

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13867 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Wall of Valor form MACR 13867, mention in Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier by Leonard Streitfeld p.173 and 398th BG web site. He flew with crew on their first mention and they were killed on their second.