Lewis Dean Spencer
Military
Sgt US Army Air Corps
WWII
1/30/25 - 7/12/93
This is provided by Dean Spencer's granddaughter.
Betty Madison and Dean Spencer > Dixie Spencer
Dixie Spencer and Victor Gasparini > Valerie Gasparini
Gasparini to Doporcyk by marriage
Object Number - UPL 54288 - Lewis Dean Spencer Sgt US Army Air Corps WWII 1/30/25 - 7/12/93
Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed on 4-Dec-44 in B-24 42-95124 'Sand Bomb Special'. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Sand Bomb Special
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Roodhouse, Illinois, USA | 30 January 1925 | Son of Earl Grover and Fannie Delores [Little] Spencer. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 4 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
12 July 1993 | ||
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Buried |
Camp Butler National Cemetery Springfield, Sangamon County, IL | 15 July 1993 | Camp Butler National Cemetery Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois |
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Based |
Shipdham | 4 December 1944 | Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10835 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
