Capt Lewis was killed when U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F Flying Fortress #42-6031 collided mid air with B-17F #42-4621 over the Gulf of Mexico, 45 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas, while on a training flight out of the Alexandria, Louisiana, Army Airfield. Twenty-one other Army service members also perished.
Lost in Air Crash in Gulf of Mexico:
Capt. Henry A Lewis
(Information added about the names of the other people in the 2 airplane crashes was removed 4/6/2024 because of this message from Findagrave:
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Please, please do not suggest or request the names of the other victims of the 2 airplane crashes at occurred over the Gulf of Mexico on a WWII aircraft training mission to be posted or linked to this memorial.)
This Memorial was original created for Henry Arthur Lewis on June 12, 2012 by P Lewis Barker. All information on this Memorial, except for the list of other victims of the 2 planes crashing together was originally researched & added to this Memorial by P Lewis Barker in June 2012. Henry Arthur Lewis' parents Memorial pages were also created around the same time. P Lewis Barker went to Rose Hill cemetery in Handley, Tarrant Co., Texas in June of 2012 & took the photos of her Lewis relatives that have been posted on their Memorial pages.
Capt Lewis was killed when U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F Flying Fortress #42-6031 collided mid air with B-17F #42-4621 over the Gulf of Mexico, 45 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas, while on a training flight out of the Alexandria, Louisiana, Army Airfield. Twenty-one other Army service members also perished.
Lost in Air Crash in Gulf of Mexico:
Capt. Henry A Lewis
(Information added about the names of the other people in the 2 airplane crashes was removed 4/6/2024 because of this message from Findagrave:
You may have added sensitive information to this bio. We encourage you not to include information such as tax, social security, other identification numbers, or information about living people without their consent.
Please, please do not suggest or request the names of the other victims of the 2 airplane crashes at occurred over the Gulf of Mexico on a WWII aircraft training mission to be posted or linked to this memorial.)
This Memorial was original created for Henry Arthur Lewis on June 12, 2012 by P Lewis Barker. All information on this Memorial, except for the list of other victims of the 2 planes crashing together was originally researched & added to this Memorial by P Lewis Barker in June 2012. Henry Arthur Lewis' parents Memorial pages were also created around the same time. P Lewis Barker went to Rose Hill cemetery in Handley, Tarrant Co., Texas in June of 2012 & took the photos of her Lewis relatives that have been posted on their Memorial pages.
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