Earl Charles Westcott
MilitaryAssigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9AF for Ploesti raid 1-Aug-43. Shot down in B-24 42-40115 'Boomerang'; held in Romania 13 months until 31 Aug '44
Awards: DFC, AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-438441
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Boomerang
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Kendall, Michigan | 6 February 1921 | |
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Other Prisoner of War [POW] |
Bucharest, Romania | 1 August 1943 - 31 August 1944 | Was held 13 months until 31 Aug '44 |
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Died |
24 October 2002 | ||
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Buried |
Kendall Cemetery Kendall, Van Buren County, MI | 27 October 2002 | Kendall Cemetery Kendall, Van Buren County, Michigan |
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Based |
Hethel | 1 August 1943 | Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 159/widow