Claude Westerfield
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Anna Wolfe, great niece of Claude Westerfield
Object Number - UPL 22792 - Claude Westerfield from McWhorter, Kentucky, volunteered with the US Army in October 1942. He was a tail gunner on a B 17. 452 /731
Involved in a mid-air collision near Diepholz and crashed near Barver, GR on a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G 42-31318. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 10 February 1944 | |
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Born |
McWhorter, Kentucky 40741, USA | ||
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Buried |
Kentucky |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2536 / MACR 2536, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
