Westwood H Fletcher Jr

Military
media-27294.jpeg UPL 27294 Westwood Fletcher was a captain by the 358th fighter group. He crashed during the battle of Arnhem in the small city of Elst Holland. (not in Amersfoort!)
My father is born on the 26th of september 1944. He is named after Westwood Fletcher. (and me and my son also named Wes!)
Westwood returned to Elst in 1948. I have also included pictures from 1946 and 1948.
My question is: Is the plane that i have send to you the plane where Westwood Fletcher flew in?
I hope that you can send me any information about Westwood.
Kind regards and ik hope to hear from you soon.
Wes Leurs
Elst, Holland
Westwood Fletcher

Westwood Fletcher crashed in Elst, not in Amersfoort

Object Number - UPL 27294 - Westwood Fletcher was a captain by the 358th fighter group. He crashed during the battle of Arnhem in the small city of Elst Holland. (not in...

Flew 105 missions. Shot down on 17 Sept 1944 at Amersfoort in P-47 #42-28472.

No info on fate of pilot listed

Missing in Action (MIA). Evaded and returned?

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-28472

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

9211 Marina Bay Dr, Tampa, FL 33621, USA 18 March 1942 At MacDill Airfield

Other

Evaded, Returned

Netherlands 17 September 1944

Died

1 June 1993

Born

Florida, USA
Manatee County, FL, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 8800 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

356 FG Assoc data/MACR 8800 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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