John A Dewey
Military ROLL OF HONOURPersonal Collection
On 24 August 1943, John A Dewey and his crew were returning to their base at Great Ashfield in Suffolk from North Africa in their B-17 “Lulu Belle” after a mission over Regensburg.
Already damaged from Regensburg, “Lulu Belle” sustained further damaged flying over Bordeaux to attack submarine pens and was forced to ditch in the Atlantic Ocean 40 miles from the coast of Padstow, Cornwall.
Captain John A Dewey and three other members of the crew were either washed away immediately or during the first night.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- 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
- Nicknames: Lulu Belle
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 24 August 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Sea near Padstow, Cornwall | 24 August 1943 | |
Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 18-May-2015. Corrected Mission Association per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Added decorations; Service Number and Commemoration per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Loss documented on National Archives Records Administration (NARA) Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 961.
The Might Eighth Reunion Group Newsletter, p. 3, 358th BG Association, http://www.385thbga.com/wp-content/uploads/Newsletter-Aug.-1978.pdf
D Osborne, Fortlog', p. 200
Lt Col M S Leonard, eds, 'History of the 385th Bombardment Group (Heavy)'
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 961 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database