Robert A Westrope
MilitaryBack Row: Otto Moreland, Robert Westrope, Harold Motz, Warren Callahan, Oscar Flores; Front Row: Joseph Pfeiffer, Robert Orlosky, Edwin Wells, Harold Woods. Missing from photo and thus probably the photographer, Willard "Bill" Lawrence.
As far as has been determined, this crew never actually flew this aircraft. It is interesting that in contrast to the official crew photo taken before the Westrope crew left the US for England in which officers and enlisted men are in separate rows, in this photo officers and enlisted men are mixed together.
Timothy Motz
Bob Westrope served as a pilot with the 708th Bomb Squadron of the 447th Bomb Group, flying bombing missions out of Rattlesden, England.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-717475
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Round Trip
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fuddy Duddy
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Milk Wagon
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: American Beauty
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 October 1944
- Date: 3 October 1944
- Date: 2 October 1944
- Date: 19 September 1944
- Date: 17 September 1944
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Rogers City, MI 49779, USA | 17 December 1919 | |
Died |
Alpena, MI 49707, USA | 19 October 1986 |
Revisions
Timothy Motz, from mission list kept by Harold Motz and compared to Doyle Shields, "History of the 447th Bomb Group."
Timothy Motz, from mission list kept by Harold Motz and verified against Doyle Shields, "History of the 447th Bomb Group."
Birth and death dates and locations corrected by Timothy Motz from obituary:
http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Westrope&GSfn=Robert&…;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster as of 01 August 1945