Ernest P Lewis
Military
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Object Number - UPL 55698 - Sgt Ernest P Lewis, 455BG.
Assigned to 743BS, 455BG, 15 AF USAAF.
Prisoner of War (POW). Romania capitulated in Aug-44, freeing the crew, killed by bomb fragment in Luftwaffe revenge raid. Killed in Service (KIS).
Awards: POW, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Dazzlin Dutchess and the Ten Dukes
- Unit: 455th Bomb Group 743rd Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
North Fork, PA | 25 February 1923 | Son of Ralzy B and Hazel Adeline [Parker] Lewis. |
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Other Forced landing POW |
Piatra, Romania | 11 June 1944 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Romania | 11 June 1944 - 24 August 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Romania. |
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Died |
Romania | 24 August 1944 | Killed by bomb fragment, in revenge raid by Luftwaffe, when Romania capitulated. |
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Buried |
Brookfield Cemetery Brookfield, Tioga County, PA | Brookfield Cemetery Brookfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania | |
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Based |
11 June 1944 | Assigned to 743BS, 455BG, 15 AF USAAF. |
