Lewis R McKesson
MilitaryShot down 20 December 1942 in B-17F 41-24489 'Terry and the Pirates' while serving as Pilot. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11.
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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: Terry and the Pirates
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 20 December 1942 - 8 June 1945 | Held at Stalag Luft 3, Saga-Silesia (now Poland) late moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 8-Jun-45. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2014. Added crew position to description per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Hey and Bishop p.55, NARA, First Over Germany pg. 23, 56, 58 & 323,