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Technical Sergeant Lewis D. Funk, Photographic Chief, 34th Bomb Group.
Technical Sergeant Lewis D. Funk, Photographic Chief, 34th Bomb Group.
Lew was born in Wattenberg, Colorado, on Jan 30, 1921, to John and Alta Funk. An Eagle Scout who served in the National Guard at Fort Logan, he attended photo school for the Army at Lowry Air Force base. He achieved the rank of Master Sergeant as the Photographic Chief with the 8th Air Force 34th Bomb Group, where he flew 30 combat missions in Europe during WWII.
His photographs can be found at :
https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnfunk/sets/72157625404560193
and:
http://johnfunk.com/WWII/index.html
Group
After forming part of the American defence force, first on America's east coast and then on its west, the Group was assigned to the Eighth Air Force in April 1944 and entered combat in May 1944. The Group helped with the preparation for the Normandy...
Squadron
23 May 1944
6 June 1944
D-Day. Start of Operation Overlord.
12 June 1944
Willie Hussong got his arm caught in the door of the lower ball turret. Palmer and Rollinger pried him out with a gun barrel. Bombed an airfield. Hussong hospitalized.
21 June 1944
Ruhland, Germany - The target, south of Berlin, bombed by 114 fortresses with an escort of 70 Mustangs went off as planned but not before the Germans destroyed 43 B-17's and damaged 26. Landed in Russia.
6 July 1944
14 July 1944
19 July 1944
Schweinfurt, Germany ball bearing plant was the target. Hit by flak and fell behind formation at 8:45 am above Aachen, Germany and crashed at Haren, Belgium at 10:06 am in the air district.
24 July 1944
Bombed enemy troop concentrations and thus assisted the Allied breakthrough at St. Lo. About 1500 planes of US went to St. Lo in Cherbourg. We came back with our bombs. Couldn't find the target.
29 July 1944
2 August 1944
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Born | Wattenberg Colarado | 30 January 1921 |
| Died | Englewood, Colorado | 8 December 2012 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 28 November 2018 14:50:03 | general ira snapsorter | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nickname, nationality, highest rank, role, biography, events and unit associations |
| Sources | ||
WWII Material by John Funk & Lewis Funk. |
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