Frank T Lewis Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 22986
Consolidated B-24D Liberator 41-23672 'Double Trouble' 328th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF.
NARA Ref 3A45218-3A46062.
Rear L-R: 2nd Lt Gerald G Gray, 2nd Lt Frank T Lewis, Lt Bernard Abels and Capt Benjamin F Riggs.
Front L-R: S/Sgt Edwin J Malloy, S/Sgt George R Creadon, T/Sgt Stephen V Meddling, S/Sgt Michael J Reilly, T/Sgt Marlin E Staller and S/Sgt Harry Cottingham.
NARA Ref 3A45218-3A46062.
Rear L-R: 2nd Lt Gerald G Gray, 2nd Lt Frank T Lewis, Lt Bernard Abels and Capt Benjamin F Riggs.
Front L-R: S/Sgt Edwin J Malloy, S/Sgt George R Creadon, T/Sgt Stephen V Meddling, S/Sgt Michael J Reilly, T/Sgt Marlin E Staller and S/Sgt Harry Cottingham.
Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Sousse, Tunisia in B-24 41-23672 'Double Trouble' 19-Jan-43; shot down and crashed in the sea near the coast of Tunisia 19-Jan-43. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 15484
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Double Trouble
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: North Africa American Cemetery, Tunis, Tunisia
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in action |
Off Tunisian coast | 19 January 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Sousse, Tunisia in B-24 41-23672 'Double Trouble' 19-Jan-43; crashed in the sea near the coast of Tunisia Killed in Action (KIA) |
Born |
Pennsylvania | ||
Buried |
North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial | Tablets of the Missing North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Carthage, Tunis | |
Based |
Hardwick | 19 January 1943 | Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
ABMC, MACR 15484, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 64 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia