Perry E Lewellen
MilitaryAssigned 8th AF June '44 - Dec. '44. Ours was a replacement crew - completed tour of combat. Arrived England about time of D-Day and back in states for Christmas. As a lead crew, think tour was 32 missions.
Lewellen remained with the US Air Force Reserves following the Second World War, he retired as a Lieutentant Colonel.
DFC/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ ETO
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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
Missions
- Date: 4 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Winfarthing
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Neoga, Illinois | 14 September 1921 | |
Other Aphrodite mission |
Watten, France | 4 August 1944 | Flew as pilot for B-17G 42-40043 as navigation A/C on Aphrodite mission to V1 missile site at Watten, France. |
Other Assigned |
Knettishall, Diss, Suffolk IP22, UK | Assigned to 563rd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group, 8AF USAAF. | |
Other Returned Stateside |
United States | Returned USA, tour complete. | |
Other Post WWII |
Remained with the US Air Force Reserves following WWII, retired as a Lieutentant Colonel. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self