Lester B Godwin
MilitaryAssigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. In A/C P-51C 42-103561 hit by Flak at 26,000ft over Aachen. Turned for home, forced to bailout 12 miles SW of Antwerp. Pilot Lt Lester B Godwin evaded capture, EVD. 20-Jul-44. MACR 6849.
Born on the family farm in Kaufman, Texas. Had five sisters. Married LaNelle Hunt in 1941. They had two children, Ron born in 1944 and Betty born in 1948. Lester died in his sleep in 1994. His wife died in 2014.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Kaufman, TX, USA | 21 November 1921 | |
Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 2 May 1944 - 20 July 1944 | Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Shot down / baled out |
Antwerp, Belgium | 20 July 1944 | In A/C P-51C 42-103561 hit by Flak at 26,000ft over Aachen. Turned for home, forced to bailout 12 miles SW of Antwerp. Pilot Lt Lester B Godwin evaded capture, EVD. 20-Jul-44. MACR 6849. |
Died |
Tyler, TX, USA | 12 March 1994 | |
Buried |
Smith County, TX, USA | Cathedral in the Pines Cemetery Tyler Smith County Texas, USA. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6849 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database