Ernest E Weaver
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 19523
S/Sgt Ernest E Weaver Tail Gunner B-17F 42-30150 412th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28-Jul-43 in B-17 42-30150 'Exterminator', Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33552422
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Exterminator
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Burlington, VT, USA | 19 October 1920 | Son of Guy La Fleur and Iva Weaver. Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA. |
Died |
Lathen, Germany | 28 July 1943 | Shot down 28-Jul-43 in B-17 42-30150 'Exterminator' Killed in Action (KIA). |
Addison County, VT, USA | |||
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing. Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands. | |
Based |
28 July 1943 | Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56305045/ernest-e-weaver
Removed # from A/C serial No to aid clarity and consistency
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 214 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database