World War II Honoree

John C. Weisgarber

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Pennsylvania

Honored By

John Meurs

Relationship

Historian

SERVICE NUMBER 0-717544. NAVIGATOR WITH THE 91ST BOMB GROUP, 323RD BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS AIRCRAFT, THE B-17G, SERIAL 42-37913 'SEATTLE SLEEPER' EXPLODED OVER HAULERWIJK, NETHERLANDS, AFTER A MISSION TO OSNABRÜCK, GERMANY. THE WHOLE CREW COULD SAVE THEMSELVES BY PARACHUTE AND SURVIVED THE WAR. 3 OF THEM, INCLUDING THE HONOREE WERE TAKEN PRISONER BUT THE OTHER 6 WERE PICKED UP AND HIDDEN BY THE DUTCH UNDERGROUND UNTIL THEIR LIBERATION BY CANADIAN TROOPS IN SPRING 1945.