Lewis, James Milford (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-August-18

Pilot Officer James Milford Lewis RCAF

Birth Date: 1922

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Home: Gurneyville, Alberta

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

61 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Purum Tonantes Thundering through the clear air

Base

RAF St. Eval

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/18274

Final Burial
Google MapBerlin War Cemetery
Plot 14 Row Z Grave 9
461 Squadron (Per Puram Tunantes). Lancaster aircraft ED 661 missing, presumed over the target, presumed enemy action. P/O. R. Bradley was also killed and five of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed. There were two 61 Squadron aircraft lost in the same area on this dale. Please see FS. L.H. Thompson for information regarding the other crew and aircraft. addendum 2: See page 424. Target - Peenemunde, Germany. Lancaster aircraft ED 661 crashed near Griefswaid, Germany during this night bombing Op. P/O. R. Bradley and six RAF crew members, P/O.s H.R. Madgett D.F.M., S.G. Palk, F/O. F.D. Norton D.F.C., Sgt.s H. Robinson, A.W. Souter, and J.J. Wakefield were also killed.