Boylston Brooks Lewis Jr
MilitaryPrisoner of War (POW) crashed on 14 Feb 45 in B-17 #42-97185. He entered service as a reserve 2nd Lt, 28th Infantry, 8th Division early in 1940. He was shot down on his 13th mission over Jechin, Czechoslavakia, Prisoner of War (POW).
Connections
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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
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Lester, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA | 25 March 1919 | |
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Other Prisoner of War |
Zagan, Poland | 14 February 1945 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
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Died |
Fort Gordon, Richmond County, Georgia, USA | 17 September 1948 | |
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Buried |
Revisions
Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added birth & death info to the events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 49247308.
Added a cemetery to the Burial event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 49247308. Added middle name and rank per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 49247308.
Corrected S/N and added POW camp info from WW2 POW records at the National Archives.
Added a space and corrected a misspelling in the "Summary biography" for readability.
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 12333 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition MACR 12333, First Over Germany pg. 206 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia