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2nd Lt. Robert C. Westmyer

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2ND LT ROBERT C. WESTMYER P XFERED TO 95TH POW 11 APR 44 WITH 95TH
2ND LT PHILLIPS D. TERRY CP XFERED TO 95TH KIA 11 APR 44 WITH 95TH
2ND LT JOHN O. JOHNSON NAV XFERED TO 95TH POW 11 APR 44 WITH 95TH
2ND LT JOHN J. RUDNICKY BOM XFERED TO 95TH KIA 11 APR 44 WITH 95TH
S/SGT PAUL E. JETT TTE XFERED TO 95TH KIA 11 APR 44 WITH 95TH
S/SGT WILLIAM H. LIGON (LIGOE) ROG XFERED TO 95TH KIA 11 APR 44 WITH 95TH
SGT ELLSWORTH L. CAMPBELL LWG XFERED TO 95TH KIA 11 APR 44 WITH 95TH
SGT JOHN J. NOVAK RWG XFERED TO 95TH POW 11 APR 44 WITH 95TH
SGT SAMUEL L. HEILWEIL TG XFERED TO 95TH KIA 11 APR 44 WITH 95TH
S/SGT ROY E. HENDERSON BTG XFERED TO 95TH KIA 11 APR 44 WITH 95TH

349th Sqdn. Crew, as above, joined the 100th Group in Dec. 1943. They were immediately transferred to the 95th, where they were shot down on their 25th Mission

 LETTER TO JIM BROWN FROM ROBERT WESTMYER OF 08 APR 1991. . . . "OUR CREW TRAINED FOR COMBAT WITH THE 100TH. WE WERE TRANSFERRED ON THE DAY OF OUR FIRST MISSION TO THE 95TH BOMB GROUP, WHERE WE FLEW TWENTY-FIVE MISSIONS ONLY TO BE SHOT DOWN ON A VOLUNTEERED 26TH MISSION. ” (95th Records show that the crew was shot down on their 25th mission…. mpf)

All missions flown with 95th Bomb Group (H)

Date

Target

Plane #

12/22/1943

Munster, Germany

42-3400

12/30/1943

Ludwigshafen, Germany

42-3400

01/07/1944

Ludwigshafen, Germany

42-6080

01/14/1944

TACTICAL Noball 71

42-30353

01/21/1944

TACTICAL Noball 82A and 110

42-3462

01/24/1944

Hucheln, Germany

42-3462

01/29/1944

Frankfurt, Germany

42-3462

01/30/1944

Brunswick, Germany

42-38024

02/03/1944

Wilhelmshaven, Germany

42-39884

02/13/1944

TACTICAL Noball 19

42-37935

02/20/1944

Rostock, Poland,

42-37395

02/22/1944

Schweinfurt, Germany

42-31910

02/24/1944

Rostock, Poland

42-38024

02/25/1944

Regensburg, Germany

42-37935

02/29/1944

Brunswick, Germany

42-37935

03/02/1944

Chatres, France

42-97495

03/03/1944

Berlin, Germany

42-37935

03/08/1944

Berlin, Germany

42-37935

03/13/1944

TACTICAL Noball 78

42-31939

03/15/1944

Brunswick, Germany

42-37935

03/18/1944

Letchfield, Germany

42-37935

03/22/1944

Berlin, Germany

42-97068

04/08/1944

Quakenbruck, Germany

42-37935

04/10/1944

Beaumont-sur-Oise, France

42-37935

04/11/1944

Rostock, Poland

42-37935

 April 11, 1944, Target: Rostock, Flying A/C 42-37935 with the 95th Bomb Group out of Horham. MACR 3805, Crew was last seen with smoke coming from between #3 engine and the fuselage as well as #2 Engine on fire. A/C "peeled away" from the formation under control and crashed at Bd Dorkran with 7-KIA and 3-POW. . Rough mission for the 95th BG, they lost 7 planes that day with 37 KIA and 33 POW

 

 

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