John Earl Lewis
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 25948 - Flying Officer John E Lewis 63FS, 56FG, 8AF.
Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort and sweep to Koblenz. Last seen in sections 1st bounce, shot down near Queekenberg in P-47 44-19911 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11306.
Awards: PH.
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-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Died |
Queckenberg, 53359 Rheinbach, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort and sweep to Koblenz. Last seen in sections 1st bounce, shot down near Queekenberg in P-47 44-19911 KIA. MACR 11306. |
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Buried |
Flamersheim, 53881 Euskirchen, Germany | 11 January 1945 | Flammersheim Cemetery |
| Illinois, USA | |||
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Buried Killed in Action (KIA) |
Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten Eijsden-Margraten Municipality Limburg, Netherlands | ||
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 23 December 1944 | Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Born |
Cook County, IL, USA | Son of John B Lewis. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11306 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
