Lewis Joseph McCormick

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media-26648.jpeg UPL 26648 Lead crew on bombing mission to Wesseling, Germany, beside Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 44-8038. 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group. England, 11 October 1944.

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Object Number - UPL 26648 - Lead crew on bombing mission to Wesseling, Germany, beside Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 44-8038. 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group. England, 11...

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 23 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Merseburg, aboard B-17G 43-38705 murdered by German civilians near Frankleben, according Swiss Red Cross report. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11199.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

People

Peter Franklin Cureton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-395681
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber pilot

Selwyn D Flowers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-756211
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Bomber pilot

Aircraft

43-38705

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

44-8038

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Missions

720

  • Date: 21 November 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Vernon, Pennsylvania 23 August 1922 Son of Clarence Lewis and Opal May [Conley] Mc Cormick.

Enlisted

Greensburg, PA 15601, USA 4 February 1943

Died

Leipzig, Germany 21 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Merseburg, aboard B-17G 43-38705 murdered by German civilians near Frankleben, according Swiss Red Cross report. KIA MACR 11199.

Buried

Frankleben, Germany 22 November 1944 Interred Frankleben cemetery

Based

Molesworth 21 November 1944 Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.
Allegheny County, PA, USA

Buried

Oakmont-Verona Cemetery , PA Re-Interred Oakmont-Verona Cemetery Oakmont Allegheny County, PA

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31784244/lewis-joseph-mccormick

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11199

Lewis Joseph McCormick: Gallery (4 items)

Object number: UPL 26648 - Lead crew on bombing mission to Wesseling, Germany...

Object number: UPL 37174 - S/Sgt Lewis J McCormick 360BS, 303BG, 8AF

Object number: UPL 37176 - S/Sgt Lewis J McCormick 360BS, 303BG, 8AF

Object number: UPL 37177 - S/Sgt Lewis J McCormick 360BS, 303BG, 8AF.