- Extended Description
- Alexander T LEWIS 149 Squadron Royal Air Force.
Warrant Officer, Wireless Operator 1106774 Alexander T. Lewis, part of eight man crew of a Stirling I N3752 landed and broke up by Rise near Aabenraa, Denmark on the 18th May 1942. One was injured and was taken to Aabenraa Hospital as a prisoner of war. The other seven all prisoners were taken to the local German camp in Aabenraa. From the camp they were sent to Oberursel for interrogation then to to Stalag Luft III Sagan. Later they were moved to Stalag Luft VI Heydekrug and to Stalag 357 Thorn Fallingbostel. At Stalag 357, Kopernikus, Poland he was POW 69.
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Commemorated on a memorial plaque at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
