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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMS, Lewis C
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
O-767698
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
349th Bombardment Squadron,
100th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
Near Perle, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 8 27

Immediate family

Members
Louis Williams (father)
Emilie Williams (mother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31986
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Once in a While
Destination: Saarbrucken, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard

More information

2nd Lt Lewis Williams was a machinist before he volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the united Stated in Newark, New Jersey on 16 January 1942.

He was killed while bailing out from the aircraft. He was caught on the stabilizer. The airplane made a crash landing. The other nine crew members survived, some of them with injuries.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, WWIIMemorial.com, NARA, 100thbg.com

Photo source: Michel Beckers, Arie-Jan van Hees - Pilot Class Book 44-B Chico AAF California