World War II Honoree

Edward E. Weir

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

El Paso, Texas

Honored By

Shirley J. Cassidy

Relationship

Daughter

STATIONED IN ENGLAND NEAR CAMBRIDGE WITH THE 8TH AIR FORCE. HIS GROUP CONSISTED OF THE FIRST B-24 AIRCRAFT TO COME TO ENGLAND IN SEPTEMBER 1942. HE WAS A NAVIGATOR WITH THE 93RD BOMB GROUP, 8TH AIR FORCE. HE FLEW 25 BOMBING MISSIONS, ABOUT HALF FROM ENGLAND AND ABOUT HALF FROM BASES IN NORTH AFRICA, INCLUDING ALGIERS, LIBYA, EGYPT AND PLOESTI. HE DID ALL THIS BEFORE HE BECAME INTERNED IN SPAIN FROM FEBRUARY TO JUNE 1943.