Name:
Ned E. Lewis
Rank:
Flight Officer
Serial Number:
T-1 835
Unit:
407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-04-24
State:
Louisiana
Cemetery:
Myrtle Grove Cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana
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Ned E. Lewis was born on December 1, 1919. He served in the 407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group as a Flight Officer during World War II. F/O Lewis was the Navigator on B-17 42-31921 "Lil’ Brat", which on April 24, 1944 headed to Dubendorf, Switzerland for a target mission. They were shot down by an enemy aircraft and crashed to Baltenswil, near Munich and scrapped. He was Killed in Action and was temporarily buried in what was then the American Cemetery in Münsingen, Switzerland. He is now buried in the Myrtle Grove Cemetery, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA.