Lt. Walter Drake Westmoreland

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Tuskegee Airmen Walter Drake Westmoreland

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Birthplace: Georgia, United States
Death: 1944 (23-24) (MIA)
Place of Burial: South View Cemetery Atlanta Fulton County Georgia
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Son of William George Westmoreland, Sr. and Olive M. Westmoreland
Brother of William George Westmoreland, Jr.; Ruth Hume and Edwua Westmoreland Ford

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About Lt. Walter Drake Westmoreland

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Tuskegee Airmen fighter pilot during WWII. Also nephew of Secretary of the NAACP Walter White. Graduate of class 43-G, earning his pilot wings at Tuskegee in 1943. He flew a P-51C fighter, nicknamed "Dopey". Westmoreland was a member of the 332nd Fighter Group, 305th Fighter Squardron based in Italy during World WWII.

His plane went down near Lake Balaton, Hungary in 1944 while returning from an escort mission to Blechammer,Germany. First designated as MIA, Westmoreland's remains were not returned from Europe until December of 1948.

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Possible great grandson of Pres. William Henry Harrison.

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Lt. Walter Drake Westmoreland's Timeline

1920
1920
Birth of Lt. Walter Drake Westmoreland
Georgia, United States
1944
1944
Age 24
Death of Lt. Walter Drake Westmoreland
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Burial of Lt. Walter Drake Westmoreland
South View Cemetery Atlanta Fulton County Georgia
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