Lester B Godwin Assigned 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 and Betty. Lester died in his sleep in 1994. His wife died in 2014.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory.
American Air Museum Britain
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/147669
Contributor: Marilyn Simmons (49300383)
Born on the family farm in Kaufman, Texas. Had five sisters. Married LaNelle Hunt in 1941. They had two children, Ron and Betty. Lester died in his sleep in 1994. His wife died in 2014.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory.
American Air Museum Britain
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/147669
Contributor: Marilyn Simmons (49300383)
Lester B Godwin Assigned 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 and Betty. Lester died in his sleep in 1994. His wife died in 2014.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory.
American Air Museum Britain
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/147669
Contributor: Marilyn Simmons (49300383)
Born on the family farm in Kaufman, Texas. Had five sisters. Married LaNelle Hunt in 1941. They had two children, Ron and Betty. Lester died in his sleep in 1994. His wife died in 2014.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory.
American Air Museum Britain
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/147669
Contributor: Marilyn Simmons (49300383)
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