Assigned to 56th FG November 1944.
Last seen diving into clouds being chased by a FW109.Eyewitness:"FO John E. Lewis was last seen by me just as we were in our first bounce. I looked for him several times during the encounter but could not find him. This was about 10 miles south of Euskirchen airdrome, NW of Koblenz."Flight Officer John Earl Lewis was such a warrior that he went to Canada from his home in Chicago, Illinois to join the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940. Once the USA had joined the war he transferred to the US Army Air Force from where he flew untold number of missions until he was first declared MIA in December, 1944
Last seen diving into clouds being chased by a FW109.Eyewitness:"FO John E. Lewis was last seen by me just as we were in our first bounce. I looked for him several times during the encounter but could not find him. This was about 10 miles south of Euskirchen airdrome, NW of Koblenz."Flight Officer John Earl Lewis was such a warrior that he went to Canada from his home in Chicago, Illinois to join the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940. Once the USA had joined the war he transferred to the US Army Air Force from where he flew untold number of missions until he was first declared MIA in December, 1944
Assigned to 56th FG November 1944.
Last seen diving into clouds being chased by a FW109.Eyewitness:"FO John E. Lewis was last seen by me just as we were in our first bounce. I looked for him several times during the encounter but could not find him. This was about 10 miles south of Euskirchen airdrome, NW of Koblenz."Flight Officer John Earl Lewis was such a warrior that he went to Canada from his home in Chicago, Illinois to join the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940. Once the USA had joined the war he transferred to the US Army Air Force from where he flew untold number of missions until he was first declared MIA in December, 1944
Last seen diving into clouds being chased by a FW109.Eyewitness:"FO John E. Lewis was last seen by me just as we were in our first bounce. I looked for him several times during the encounter but could not find him. This was about 10 miles south of Euskirchen airdrome, NW of Koblenz."Flight Officer John Earl Lewis was such a warrior that he went to Canada from his home in Chicago, Illinois to join the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940. Once the USA had joined the war he transferred to the US Army Air Force from where he flew untold number of missions until he was first declared MIA in December, 1944
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Entered the service from Illinois.
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