Raymond Wetherbee
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) Berlin marshalling yards mission 3 Feb 1945.
Staff Sergeant Raymond Wetherbee’s date of birth is uncertain. His next of kin was his mother, Helen Wetherbee. He was from New London, Connecticut.
On February 3, 1945, he was serving as the Nose Gunner aboard “Birmingham Jewel,” B-17 tail #42-97678, of the 379th Bomb Group, 525th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Jevenstedt, Germany.
He is buried in the US Military Cemetery at Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Birmingham Jewell
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Died |
3 February 1945 | ||
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Born |
Staff Sergeant Raymond Wetherbee’s date of birth is uncertain. His next of kin was his mother, Helen Wetherbee. He was from New London, Connecticut. | ||
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Buried |
He is buried in the US Military Cemetery at Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium. | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
3 February 1945 | On February 3, 1945, he was serving as the Nose Gunner aboard “Birmingham Jewel,” B-17 tail #42-97678, of the 379th Bomb Group, 525th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Jevenstedt, Germany. |
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IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 335 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12217 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database