Clyde A Lewis

Military
media-52677.jpeg UPL 52677 1st Lt Clyde A Lewis, 615BS, 401BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 52677 - 1st Lt Clyde A Lewis, 615BS, 401BG.

Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. On 1-Jan-44. B-17 42-40002 'Breezing Home' lost brake hydraulic pressure while taxiing and struck another parked B-17. RTD. 28 x combat missions. ETD



Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Harold S Arnold

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31037975 / O-681515
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Leonard Hunt Cushing

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19074527
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

William M Eaton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-749763
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

James Ernest Howell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34398898
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Alfred Philip Marshall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11114505
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-31070

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dame Satan II
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

42-31730

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Morning Star, Tail End Charlie
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

42-37928

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress of the 401st Bomb Group. Image via R Bowers. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'Home on two engines.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '"Breezing Home" IY-D, 42-40002. 401 BG.'

42-40002

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Breezing Home
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.
Plattsburgh, NY

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=323
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=13231
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139507068

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=323

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Object number: UPL 52677 - 1st Lt Clyde A Lewis, 615BS, 401BG.