Was operations officer for the 56th FG and was allowed to fly on missions early in 1943. After his death they would not allow operations officers to fly because of their importance to the group. Plane he went down on was P-47C 2 'Little Butch' 41-6322. Shot down near ForgesCapt. Robert H. Wetherbee, US Army Air Forces; Service # O-429198, was a graduate of Pelham Memorial High School and the University of Minnesota. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roland W. Wetherbee of Minnesota, formerly of Pelham. Captain Wetherbee was married on March 21, 1942 at the Church of the Redeemer to Mrs. Shirley Crozier, the daughter of Lt. Col. and Mrs. Courtney C. Crozier of 421 Second Avenue, in Pelham. The couple had a daughter, named Jean. Capt. Wetherbee was stationed in England with the 56th Fighter Group of the US Army Air Forces starting in December 1942. He was a member of the 61st Fighter Squadron of the 56th Fighter Group and flue the P47C Thunderbolt aircraft, HV-W nicknamed 'Little Butch' serial number 41-6322. He was reported 'Missing in Action' as of June 26, 1943. He was reported as one of 277 American soldiers Òmissing in action on July 15th 1943 by the War Department. The Wetherbee Family reported that they had received no notice from the War Department that Captain Wetherbee was missing. Mrs. Wetherbee made her home during that period at the Pelham residence of her parents, Lieut. Col. And Mrs. Courtney C. Crozier. Their daughter was seven months old at the time he was missing. The Standard Star reported on Sept. 21, 1943 that Capt. Wetherbee had been Missing in Action since June 26, 1943. The WWII Memorial Registry reports that he died June 27, 1944 possibly as a Prisoner of War. Captain Wetherbee is Memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery; Cambridge, England