John R Westwood

Military
media-29158.jpeg UPL 29158 John 'Westy' Westwood served as a pilot with the 91st Bomb Group, flying missions out of Bassingbourn, England.

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Object Number - UPL 29158 - John 'Westy' Westwood served as a pilot with the 91st Bomb Group, flying missions out of Bassingbourn, England.

John 'Westy' Westwood served as a pilot with the 91st Bomb Group, flying missions out of Bassingbourn, England.



John Westwood was the last 401st C/O and Operations Officer. Earlier he had been pictured in the National Geographic explaining formation techniques to rookie pilots.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97630

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Peg O My heart, Geraldine
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 324th Bomb Squadron

DR945

  • Aircraft Type: Defiant
  • Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 94th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron

Places

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources

Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of John Westwood.

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ContributorLucy May
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Brought in information from newly-created duplicate record. Source:
http://www.91stbombgroup.com/scrapbook_memories/westy_westwood.html

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

AccidentReports.com / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

John R Westwood: Gallery (5 items)

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Object number: UPL 29159 - Westy Westwood and his wife Peggy in a jeep. The...

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