Lewis served as a Second Lieutenant. He was a pilot on the B-24J Liberator (#42-73046), U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He resided in Shelby County, Kentucky prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on April 3, 1942 at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. He was noted as being employed as a Checker and also as Single, without dependents.
Lewis was a pilot with the 448th Bomb Group which was a B-24 Liberator Group that flew out of Seething, Norfolk. Lewis died in the "Line Of Duty", along with ten other airmen, when his B-24 stalled and crashed during a night takeoff at Station 512/RAF St. Mawgan, Cornwall, England during the war. Lewis Bailey Cowherd's Service # O-741140.
The 2nd photo showing a flat marker is placed on what was to be his Mother's grave in Grove Hill Cemetery in Shelbyville, Kentucky also next to his brother Robert T. Cowherd.
His Mother's name appears on the Tombstone for her son Robert and his wife Mildred. Lewis's Mother Catherine was cremated and buried in California where she had been living with her daughter Eula. See the link to her memorial below.
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The air crew members killed were:
Cowherd, Lewis B., 2nd Lt, Kentucky
Cox, John E., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Connecticut
Du Verger, Douglas E., T/Sgt, Massachusetts
Farrington, Robert E., 2nd Lt, New Jersey
Goar, Keith E., S/Sgt, Indiana
Guild, George H., S/Sgt, Delaware
Hurstel, John F., 2nd Lt, Indiana
Jolley, Wayne, S/Sgt, Indiana
Schuhsler, Allen F., S/Sgt, Texas
Stasiak, Richard J., T/Sgt, New York
Yamsek, Albert, S/Sgt, Ohio
(Crew Report by: Tim Cook)
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He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on April 3, 1942 at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. He was noted as being employed as a Checker and also as Single, without dependents.
Lewis was a pilot with the 448th Bomb Group which was a B-24 Liberator Group that flew out of Seething, Norfolk. Lewis died in the "Line Of Duty", along with ten other airmen, when his B-24 stalled and crashed during a night takeoff at Station 512/RAF St. Mawgan, Cornwall, England during the war. Lewis Bailey Cowherd's Service # O-741140.
The 2nd photo showing a flat marker is placed on what was to be his Mother's grave in Grove Hill Cemetery in Shelbyville, Kentucky also next to his brother Robert T. Cowherd.
His Mother's name appears on the Tombstone for her son Robert and his wife Mildred. Lewis's Mother Catherine was cremated and buried in California where she had been living with her daughter Eula. See the link to her memorial below.
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The air crew members killed were:
Cowherd, Lewis B., 2nd Lt, Kentucky
Cox, John E., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Connecticut
Du Verger, Douglas E., T/Sgt, Massachusetts
Farrington, Robert E., 2nd Lt, New Jersey
Goar, Keith E., S/Sgt, Indiana
Guild, George H., S/Sgt, Delaware
Hurstel, John F., 2nd Lt, Indiana
Jolley, Wayne, S/Sgt, Indiana
Schuhsler, Allen F., S/Sgt, Texas
Stasiak, Richard J., T/Sgt, New York
Yamsek, Albert, S/Sgt, Ohio
(Crew Report by: Tim Cook)
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Lewis served as a Second Lieutenant. He was a pilot on the B-24J Liberator (#42-73046), U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He resided in Shelby County, Kentucky prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on April 3, 1942 at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. He was noted as being employed as a Checker and also as Single, without dependents.
Lewis was a pilot with the 448th Bomb Group which was a B-24 Liberator Group that flew out of Seething, Norfolk. Lewis died in the "Line Of Duty", along with ten other airmen, when his B-24 stalled and crashed during a night takeoff at Station 512/RAF St. Mawgan, Cornwall, England during the war. Lewis Bailey Cowherd's Service # O-741140.
The 2nd photo showing a flat marker is placed on what was to be his Mother's grave in Grove Hill Cemetery in Shelbyville, Kentucky also next to his brother Robert T. Cowherd.
His Mother's name appears on the Tombstone for her son Robert and his wife Mildred. Lewis's Mother Catherine was cremated and buried in California where she had been living with her daughter Eula. See the link to her memorial below.
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The air crew members killed were:
Cowherd, Lewis B., 2nd Lt, Kentucky
Cox, John E., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Connecticut
Du Verger, Douglas E., T/Sgt, Massachusetts
Farrington, Robert E., 2nd Lt, New Jersey
Goar, Keith E., S/Sgt, Indiana
Guild, George H., S/Sgt, Delaware
Hurstel, John F., 2nd Lt, Indiana
Jolley, Wayne, S/Sgt, Indiana
Schuhsler, Allen F., S/Sgt, Texas
Stasiak, Richard J., T/Sgt, New York
Yamsek, Albert, S/Sgt, Ohio
(Crew Report by: Tim Cook)
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He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on April 3, 1942 at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. He was noted as being employed as a Checker and also as Single, without dependents.
Lewis was a pilot with the 448th Bomb Group which was a B-24 Liberator Group that flew out of Seething, Norfolk. Lewis died in the "Line Of Duty", along with ten other airmen, when his B-24 stalled and crashed during a night takeoff at Station 512/RAF St. Mawgan, Cornwall, England during the war. Lewis Bailey Cowherd's Service # O-741140.
The 2nd photo showing a flat marker is placed on what was to be his Mother's grave in Grove Hill Cemetery in Shelbyville, Kentucky also next to his brother Robert T. Cowherd.
His Mother's name appears on the Tombstone for her son Robert and his wife Mildred. Lewis's Mother Catherine was cremated and buried in California where she had been living with her daughter Eula. See the link to her memorial below.
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The air crew members killed were:
Cowherd, Lewis B., 2nd Lt, Kentucky
Cox, John E., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Connecticut
Du Verger, Douglas E., T/Sgt, Massachusetts
Farrington, Robert E., 2nd Lt, New Jersey
Goar, Keith E., S/Sgt, Indiana
Guild, George H., S/Sgt, Delaware
Hurstel, John F., 2nd Lt, Indiana
Jolley, Wayne, S/Sgt, Indiana
Schuhsler, Allen F., S/Sgt, Texas
Stasiak, Richard J., T/Sgt, New York
Yamsek, Albert, S/Sgt, Ohio
(Crew Report by: Tim Cook)
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