Ray L Shewfelt

Military
 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.' media-400827.jpg 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

Object Number - 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....

Commendation Ribbon; Air Medal with 8 Oak Leaf Clusters

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Units served with

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

Born

Oakland County, Michigan 16 December 1920

Based

Wattisham 19 September 1944 With the 479th Fighter Group

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

Other

Promoted

Other

Transferred to 2nd Scouting Force

Tampa, FL, USA

Other

Lives in

Orange City, FL, USA

Revisions

Date
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?…

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Added more information from Ted Damick's pilots' listing.

Date
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

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