Weldon Theis Martz

Military

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert Gregory Boudon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-435741
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

An airman of the 95th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-102447) nicknamed "El's Belles". First handwritten caption on reverse: 'F/L on last of 365's bases in Belgium other side "Angels Sister" [name struck-out and annotated 'No'] 365 FG C Johnson/icm/75' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'BG-A 95 BG.'

42-102447

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: El's Belles
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

42-102455

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lucky Lady : Screaming Eagle
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron

42-102951

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

42-107201

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Worry Bird
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

42-31514

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Full House
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

Missions

682

  • Date: 18 October 1944

674

  • Date: 12 October 1944

658

  • Date: 2 October 1944

Places

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

https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=1056906…
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=3893842
https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/4243
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97186711

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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