Paul Ernest Westrick

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Pilot of B-24H 42-50359 'TARFU' lost following mid-air collision with P-47 42-8496 4 x miles NNE of Seething 13-Mar-45. Died non Battle (DNB).



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.

448th Bomb Group

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

People

Albert Sidney Broadfoot

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18157160 / O-719548
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Everett Ralph Pickering

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36124496 / O-2067346
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-50359

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Tarfu
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 713th Bomb Squadron 714th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hessen Cassel, IN 12 March 1921 Son of Joseph Seymour and Elizabeth [Nickelson] Westrick.

Enlisted

Baer Field, Fort Wayne, IN 2 September 1942 Baer Field, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Died

Langley Park, Norwich, Norfolk NR14, UK 13 March 1945 Pilot of B-24H 42-50359 'TARFU' lost following mid-air collision with P-47 42-8496 4 x miles NNE of Seething 13-Mar-45. Died non Battle (DNB).

Buried

14 March 1945 Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambs, UK Plot B, Row 4, Grave 43

Based

Seething 13 March 1945 Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia