World War II Honoree

Dale T. Westell

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Pocahontas, Iowa

Honored By

John Meurs

Relationship

Dutch Historian

SERVICE NUMBER: 37672307. SERVED AS A RADIO OPERATOR WITH THE 390TH BOMB GROUP, 568TH BOMB SQUADRON. ON NOVEMBER 26, 1944 ON A MISSION TO THE MARSHALLING YARD OF HAMM, GERMANY HIS B-17G BOMBER, SERIAL NUMBER 44-6491 'I’LL BE AROUND' WAS HIT BY FLAK JUST AFTER BOMBING. A FIRE BROKE OUT AND THE ORDER TO BAIL OUT WAS GIVEN. THE WHOLE CREW SAVED THEMSELVES BY PARACHUTE AND WERE TAKEN PRISONER.