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WEST, Theodore Adams - Date of
birth
3 October 1921 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Houtzdale, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Houtzdale, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33248081 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Ball Turret Gunner -
Unit
326th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
26 July 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Thomas W. West (father)
Clara (Adams) West (mother)
William T. West (brother)
Harold West (brother)
Frank H. West (brother)
Yetta B. West (sister)
Edna M. West (sister)
Ralph West (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-29709 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Yo Brother
Destination: Hannover, Germany, Continental Gummiwerke A.G.
Mission: Objective Bombing
MACR: 190
More information
The aircraft was last seen to hit water about 10 minutes off the Island of Nordemay with one engine on fire and the tail chewed up. On 26 July 1943, it failed to return due to a midair collision with a German fighter and crashed in the North Sea.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.92nmda.org, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Card / Veteran Compensation Application File / Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Photo source: Jac Engels, www.newspapers.com - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph - 26 August 1943