Lewis Burton Crookshank Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), EAME (2BS), WWII Victory
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
![A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37894) nicknamed "Pegasus IV" of the 95th Bomb Group flies above the clouds. Image stamped on reverse: 'U.S. Air Force Photo 1361st Photographic Squadron Aerospace Audio-visual Services ( MAC)'[stamp] Printed caption on reverse: 'A-26344 - FORT FORTIFIED: During a recent raid over Bremen, Germany by the 8th AAF, a closeup of the new chin-turrent Flying Fortress was picked out of a formation for study. Making the Fort a more deadly weapon of air offense, the softeni](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379282.jpg.webp?itok=0ZkIo6Uq)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pegasus IV
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Apollo, Pensylvania | 23 April 1923 | Born Apollo, Pensylvania |
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania | 21 October 1942 | Enlisted Pittsburgh Pennsylvania |
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Other Discharged |
9 October 1945 | ||
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Died |
Atlanta, Georgia | 6 October 1994 | Died Atlanta, Georgia |
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Buried |
Pleasant Hill Cemetery West Leechburg, Pennsylvania | 9 October 1994 | Interred Pleasant Hill Cemetery West Leechburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php