Lewis, Jared Bernard

Title

Lewis, Jared Bernard

Description

Eight items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Jared Bernard Lewis DFC (b. 1922, 1317451 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents, and photographs.

He flew operations as an air gunner with 142 Squadron in North Africa and Italy and with 102 Squadron Bomber Command..

The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Wendy Elizabeth Roberts and catalogued by Lynn Corrigan.

Date

2024-07-26

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Lewis, JB

Collection Items

December 1943
List of Jared's postings and pilots he served with in December 1943 including Sergeant Turner, Flying Officer Bos-Waite, Crabtree, Knight, Sergeant Lockey, Drewery and Squadron Leader H Harvey.

Jared Lewis
Head and shoulder portrait of Jared with air gunner's brevet and medal ribbons.

Squadrons
List of Squadrons Jared served with.

Jared Lewis' birth certificate
Jared Bernard Lewis born 11 November 1922 in St. Florence, Pembrokeshire. Includes other family details.

In his own words
Jared describes his posting to North Africa and operations to Tunis, Bizerta, Decimomannu, Palermo, Naples, Catania, Messina, Cagliari and Pantelleria. Following Squadron disbanding Jared was sent to No 1 Air Gunners School then to 289 Squadron and…

Jared Lewis' decorations
Medals, with ribbons, awarded to Jared Bernard Lewis. From left: Distinguished Flying Cross, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star; Pacific Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, War Medal 1939-45 and General Service Medal with Malay Clasp.

Operations list
List of 20 European operations Jared took part in, including pilots' names, written on the back of an advertisement for a militaria and medal fair.Additional informaton on Flying Officer Ronald Smallwoods, Captain Ronald Heiden and William Smith is…

Jared Lewis' observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Observer and air gunner's flying log book for Jared Lewis from 14 November 1942 to 22 January 1946. Details his training, operational duties and period as an instructor. Jared served in North Africa and Europe at RAF Dalcross (No 2 Air Gunnery…
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