Weldon Theis Martz
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-435741
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: El's Belles
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lucky Lady : Screaming Eagle
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Worry Bird
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Full House
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 18 October 1944
- Date: 12 October 1944
- Date: 2 October 1944
- Date: 27 September 1944
- Date: 19 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Rockingham County, VA | 5 September 1923 | |
Enlisted |
Charlottesville, VA | 17 February 1943 | |
Other 95th BG Combat Tour |
Horham Airfield, UK | 8 July 1944 - 18 October 1944 | Completed a 30 combat mission tour |
Died |
Timberville, PA | 23 February 2001 | Weldon Theis Martz , 77, Timberville, died Friday, Feb. 23, 2001, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg. Mr. Martz was born Sept. 5, 1923, in Timberville, and was the son of the late John and Anna Theis Martz . He was a warehouse clerk for Rockingham Poultry and a refrigeration mechanic for Byrd-Fredrickson. He was a member of the Timberville Church of the Brethren and an Army-Air Force veteran of World War II. On March 2, 1946, he married the former Alma Hupp, who survives. He is also survived by two sisters, Irene Matthews, Harrisonburg, and Dwen Branner, Broadway. |
Buried |
Harrisonburg, VA | 26 February 2001 | Rest Haven Memorial Gardens Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Add to Map Plot Garden of Prayer |
Timberville, VA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php