Lewis Edward Frisbee
Military ROLL OF HONOURTG, Schrader, R. Crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 25 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30027. Mission #3 to Hamburg, Germany. MACR 162. KIA. The aircraft crashed into the sea. Sgt Frisbee is surmised to have bailed out and possibly drowned. His body washed ashore 18 July 1943. He was originally buried in the Wittmund Garrison Cemetery, Germany. Reinterred in the Ardennes AMC. His final resting place is at Arlington National Cemetery.
Joe, NC
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6862311
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-412961 (16026208)
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735386
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot/Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32286796
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16126272
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 25 June 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Madison County, NC, USA | 10 May 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Columbia, SC, USA | 3 August 1942 | Fort Jackson |
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Other Killed in Action |
Bensersiel, Germany | 25 June 1943 | |
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Buried |
19 July 1943 | Wittmund Garrison Cemetery Grave #109 | |
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Buried |
14 May 1952 | Sect 33 Site 1750 | |
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Based |
Ridgewell | 25 June 1943 | |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial |
Revisions
All entries by ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
533rd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
MACR 162
Fold.3
Ancestry.com
Find-A-Grave
NARA Enlistment records
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Might Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
Triumphant We Fly - Ken Stone
A duplicate record spelt surname 'Frisby' with following sources:
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 162 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 162 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Have kept as 'Frisbee' because this is how it is spelt in MACR 162, in his enlistment record and on his Findagrave record:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49185152/lewis-edward-frisbee
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=2&cat=all&tf…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx