Dan E Westmoreland
MilitaryShot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42-31896. 'We passed out of the target area severely damaged by Flak. E/A activity was intense over the Baltic in the area near Rostock and we were attacked by more than one fighter as soon as we crossed the north German coast. At about this time I was knocked unconscious by a 20mm shell'. Prisoner of War (POW).
Resides in Ellijay, Georgia.
POW/ ETO/ AM/ PH/ WWIIV/ AD/ GC
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Austria | 11 April 1944 | Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
|
Born |
Ellijay, Georgia |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3813; T. Kracker, friend; Snetterton Falcons, page 109, 123 & 131