Ray L Shewfelt
Military
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FRE 2908
First Lieutenant Ray L. Shewfelt of the 2nd Scouting Force, in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1/Lt. Ray L. Shewfelt, 2nd Scouting Force.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Commendation Ribbon; Air Medal with 8 Oak Leaf Clusters
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Lil Larry II
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 2nd Scouting Force 358th Fighter Squadron
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Oakland County, Michigan | 16 December 1920 | |
Based |
Wattisham | 19 September 1944 | With the 479th Fighter Group |
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
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Other Promoted |
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Other Transferred to 2nd Scouting Force |
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Tampa, FL, USA | |||
Other Lives in |
Orange City, FL, USA |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Article interviewing Ray Shewfelt in the Daytona Beach News-Journal, published on 11 January 2015: http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20150111/NEWS/150119890/1040?…
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / self, 1996 355TH FG Assoc. Directory