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TSGT Earl Henry Westerholm

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TSGT Earl Henry Westerholm Veteran

Birth
Alameda County, California, USA
Death
6 Sep 1944 (aged 21)
Watton, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England
Burial
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
Plot
Plot E Row 4 Grave 8
Memorial ID
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Technical Sergeant Earl H Westerholm, California, Service #39038838, flew as flight engineer and top turret gunner on B-17 Flying Fortresses with the 652nd Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group. He was one of five airmen killed 6 Sep 1944 aboard B-17#42-31736, when his aircraft crashed on takeoff from USAAF Station 376 Watton, Norfolk, England, departing on a weather reconnaissance mission.

Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Technical Sergeant Earl H Westerholm, California, Service #39038838, flew as flight engineer and top turret gunner on B-17 Flying Fortresses with the 652nd Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group. He was one of five airmen killed 6 Sep 1944 aboard B-17#42-31736, when his aircraft crashed on takeoff from USAAF Station 376 Watton, Norfolk, England, departing on a weather reconnaissance mission.

Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters


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T SGT 652 BOMB SQ 25 BOMB GP (H) CALIFORNIA



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