Charles Bainbridge Westover
Military![Colonel Charles B Westover of the 448th Bomb Group. The image has been signed: 'To Pat, with best regards.[illegible]' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Charles B Westover, CO 448 14/11/44-27/5/45 to USA for B-29 training.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/wysiwyg_x2/public/freeman/media-380604.jpg.webp?itok=ugF7ljHD)
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 1784 - Colonel Charles B Westover of the 448th Bomb Group. The image has been signed: 'To Pat, with best regards.[illegible]' Handwritten caption on...
Commanding Officer of the 448th Bomb Group based at Seething from November 1944 to May 1945.
Awards: DSM, LOM (2OLC), DFC (OLC), MBS, AM (4OLC), Croix de Guerre with Palm, WWII Victory, EAME (4 x Battle Stars), Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 448th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron 712th Bomb Squadron 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-713163
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fort Gibbon, Tanana, Alabama | 7 October 1915 | Oscar M and |
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Other Commanding Officer of 448th BG |
Seething, Norwich, Norfolk NR15, UK | 14 November 1944 - 27 May 1945 | |
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Died |
23 July 1978 | ||
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Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Section 6, Site 5713-A |
Revisions
Seething Control Tower Museum: http://www.seethingtower.org/448-bomb-group.php (bottom of page)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Who's Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45
![Colonel Charles B Westover of the 448th Bomb Group. The image has been signed: 'To Pat, with best regards.[illegible]' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Charles B Westover, CO 448 14/11/44-27/5/45 to USA for B-29 training.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380604.jpg.webp?itok=snuK0SsV)
