| Birth: | May 22, 1929
Long Beach
Los Angeles County
California, USA | | Death: | Jun. 7, 1954
Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 
Born to Lewis Franklin Creed Sr. and Bertha Winifred Teel Creed Price. Graduated from Poly High School in 1946 and Long Beach City College. Married Nancy Hernandez.
He trained at Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX and graduated at Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, NV. He completed 105 missions over Korea before flying with an F-86 jet-fighter group, the 50th Fighter - Bomber Wing, to the United States Air Force Base at Hahn, Germany, August 4, 1953. 1st Lt. Creed died of injuries suffered when his F-86 Sabre jet crashed near Hahn, Germany, as he he came in a dead-stick landing.
Surviving are his wife Nancy, son, Steven, and infant daughter, Suzanne who were with him in Germany; his father Lewis F. Creed of Long Beach; his mother Mrs. Winifred Price of Bakersfield, two step-sisters, Jean Jackson Thomas of Long Beach and Eunice Judy Jackson Ringland of San Rafael, and his grandmother Mrs. Mae Sturdy of Long Beach.
Flying-safety trophy awarded seminannually by the 50th Fighter - Bomber Wing to the tactical squadron with the best flying safety record was named after 1st Lt. Lewis F. Creed, who was the first jet casualty after the wing's arrival in Europe.
He was also honored with a street named after him on the Hahn Air Force base in November of 1954, Creed Blvd.
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Parents:
Lewis Franklin Creed (1901 - 1965)
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Long Beach)
Long Beach
Los Angeles County
California, USA |
Created by: Lisa O
Record added: Feb 02, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 47441491 |
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