Westwood H Fletcher Jr
MilitaryMy father is born on the 26th of september 1944. He is named after Westwood Fletcher. (and me and my son also named Wes!)
Westwood returned to Elst in 1948. I have also included pictures from 1946 and 1948.
My question is: Is the plane that i have send to you the plane where Westwood Fletcher flew in?
I hope that you can send me any information about Westwood.
Kind regards and ik hope to hear from you soon.
Wes Leurs
Elst, Holland
Westwood Fletcher
Westwood Fletcher crashed in Elst, not in Amersfoort
Flew 105 missions. Shot down on 17 Sept 1944 at Amersfoort in P-47 #42-28472.
No info on fate of pilot listed
Missing in Action (MIA). Evaded and returned?
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
9211 Marina Bay Dr, Tampa, FL 33621, USA | 18 March 1942 | At MacDill Airfield |
Other Evaded, Returned |
Netherlands | 17 September 1944 | |
Died |
1 June 1993 | ||
Born |
Florida, USA | ||
Manatee County, FL, USA |
Revisions
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 8800 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
356 FG Assoc data/MACR 8800 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list