Name: |
LEWIS |
Given Name: |
HERBERT HENRY |
Initials: |
H H |
Service No: |
136470V |
Rank: |
LieutenantOther Casualties of this Rank |
Regiment: |
South African Air Force |
Unit: |
31 Sqdn.Other Casualties from this Unit |
Date of Death: |
1944-08-17Other Casualties on this
Date |
Age: |
25 |
Cause of Death: |
Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAF & 2 RAFVR), shot down by Luftwaffe night fighter over Lysagora, southern Poland while en route to drop supplies to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW161 |
Additional Information: |
Son of Herbert Benjamin and Ellen Johanna Dorothea (nee de Klerk) Lewis, of Middleton, Cape Province, South Africa. Husband of Leatrice Joy Lewis, of Port Elizabeth |
This information was last verified for accuracy: 2018-06-03