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Sergeant Lewis Kershaw McMichael

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Sergeant Lewis Kershaw McMichael

Birth
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Death
13 Aug 1942 (aged 33)
Eisden, Arrondissement Tongeren, Limburg, Belgium
Burial
Leuven, Arrondissement Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium Add to Map
Plot
Plot 9. Row E. Grave 2.
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Lewis Kershaw McMichael, Son of Hubert Leslie and Barbara McMichael; husband of Vera Agnes McMichael, of Greenslopes, Queensland, Australia. Lewis was served with the RAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Wellington Z1404 460 Squadron crashed Eisden, Maasmechelen, Limburg Belgium....


Takeoff at 22:08 hrs local time for an operation to Mainz in Germany.

Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Hans Autenrieth & Unteroffizier Rudolf Adam of the Stab II./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+AC from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.

Crew:

Flying Officer William Alexander CLEGG (400886) RAAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

Sergeant Allen HOLLAND (405208) RAAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

Sergeant Reginald James MAYNE (403942) RAAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

Sergeant Lewis Kershaw McMICHAEL (405360) RAAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

Sergeant Ronald David SMITH (405194) RAAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery


(contributor 47419676)




Service No: 405360

Age: 33

Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force



Lewis Kershaw McMichael, Son of Hubert Leslie and Barbara McMichael; husband of Vera Agnes McMichael, of Greenslopes, Queensland, Australia. Lewis was served with the RAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Wellington Z1404 460 Squadron crashed Eisden, Maasmechelen, Limburg Belgium....


Takeoff at 22:08 hrs local time for an operation to Mainz in Germany.

Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Hans Autenrieth & Unteroffizier Rudolf Adam of the Stab II./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+AC from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.

Crew:

Flying Officer William Alexander CLEGG (400886) RAAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

Sergeant Allen HOLLAND (405208) RAAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

Sergeant Reginald James MAYNE (403942) RAAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

Sergeant Lewis Kershaw McMICHAEL (405360) RAAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

Sergeant Ronald David SMITH (405194) RAAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery


(contributor 47419676)




Service No: 405360

Age: 33

Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force



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