Norman V Westervelt (1922 - 1945)

Born 31 Oct 1922 in Idaho

Ancestors

Died 4 Mar 1945 at age 22 in Returning From WWII Bombing Mission Over Tokyo

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Biography

1Lt Norman Westervelt was Killed in Action during World War II.

Norman Westervelt is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army 1942-1945 attaining 1st Lieutenant

497th Bomb Group, 870th Bomb Squadron, B-29 Superfortress #42-63412 "Peace on Earth"

(Mission 39) One hundred ninety-two XXI BC B-29's are dispatched on a precision daylight bombing attack against the Musashino Aircraft Plant in Tokyo. Due to heavy cloud cover over the target, 159 of the B-29's attack the Tokyo urban area and 18 B-29's attack various alternate targets. One B-29 is lost. Peace on Earth. Serial number -42-63412. Tail code A25.b. 497th BG. Lost on March 4, 1945. Ditched, nine of her crew survived. 1st Lt. Norman V. Westervelt and 2nd Lt. Gordon F. Neddersen were killed. The plane and crew were with the 497th Bomb Group, 870th Bomb Squadron.

Sources

• 1930 United States Federal Census - Census Place: Boise, Ada, Idaho; Roll: 395; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0019; Image: 422.0; FHL microfilm: 2340130.
• 1940 United States Federal Census - Census Place: Boise City, Ada, Idaho; Roll: T627_735; Page: 64A; Enumeration District: 1-19A.
• Honolulu, Hawaii, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl), 1941-2011 - Punchbowl National Cemetery; Wall.
• U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 - Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; ARC: 1263923. World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park. College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.
• Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current - Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho
• World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas - National Archives and Records Administration. Register, World War II Dead Interred in American Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil and World War II and Korea Missing or Lost or Buried at Sea. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
• WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings - American Battle Monuments Commission. World War I Listing; World War II Listing; Korean War Listing. American Battle Monuments Commission.
  • Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial, Missing in Action or Buried at Sea