Ferdinand Ernest Le Fevre
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Added photo
Object Number - UPL 21661 - 1stST Lieutenant Ferdinand Ernest Le Fevre - 1944 (photo courtesy of the Le Fevre family)
Flight leader 79th FS 20th FG
Combat hours 149:00
1 kill air (ME-109) + 2 kills ground (JU-88)
KIA by flak near Tours, France April 28, 1944 MACR 4416
P-38J s/n 42-68035 MC+U
Buried Ardennes American Cemetery
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Michigan, United States | 11 November 1921 | The son of Ernest and Marie Le Fevre |
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Enlisted |
Detroit, Michigan, United States | 6 April 1942 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
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Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
Rochecorbon, France | 28 April 1944 | Died in the crash of his P-38J # 42-68035 after having been hit by Flak in the target area (Tours, France) |
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Born |
Detroit, Michigan, United States | ||
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Buried |
Initially buried in a French cemetery (location unknown) | ||
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Buried |
His remains were brought from France to the Ardennes Cemetery in Belgium. He rests there at plt D, Row 28, Grave 12. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
MACR 4416;
King's Cliffe Memorial Edition,;
Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol 3
MACR 4416
NARA WWII Enlistment records
ABMC website
20th Fighter Group website : www.20thfightergroup.com
MACR 4416 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
