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Personal info

Full name
FLESHMAN, Lewis James
Date of birth
29 August 1915
Age
27
Place of birth
Healing Springs, Bath County, Virginia
Hometown
Albany County, New York

Military service

Service number
12035273
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tail Turret Gunner
Unit
67th Bombardment Squadron,
44th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 March 1943
Place of death
Villers-Ecalles, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 33 18

Immediate family

Members
Lewis Fleshman (father)
Laura (Kyser) Fleshman (mother)
Doff T. Fleshman (brother)
Floyd Fleshman (brother)
Roy Fleshman (brother)
Ralph Fleshman (brother)
Cecil Fleshman (sister)
Laura Fleshman (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
41-23784
Data
Nickname: Miss Dianne
Type: B-24D
Destination: Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yards
MACR: 15570

More information

Lewis Fleshman was a clerk.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Albany, New York on 26 December 1941.

The airplane was attacked by enemy aircraft in the vicinity of Villers-Ecalles, France. As a result of this attack, their plane burst into flames.

Eight crew members were killed, three men survived and were taken prisoner.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, WWII Draft Card, 1920 US Census, Virginia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912-2015

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Kent