1917 - 1944
Robert B. Westbrook (pilot) Aviator
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| Birthday |
9th November, 1917
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| Birthplace |
Los Angeles, California
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| Died |
22nd November, 1944
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| Place of Death |
off Makassar, Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies
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| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio
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| Occupation |
Aviator
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Robert Burdette Westbrook (9 November 1917 – 22 November 1944) was a United States Army Air Forces lieutenant colonel and a World War II flying ace. Westbrook, a member of the California National Guard before World War II, completed flight training in 1942, and was sent to the South Pacific with the 44th Fighter Squadron, which he later commanded. Westbrook gained his first victories while flying the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk and in late 1943 began flying the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. After scoring his fourteenth victory, Westbrook was sent back to the continental United States on leave in spring 1944, returning as aide to the commander of the Thirteenth Air Force. In late summer he became deputy commander of the 347th Fighter Group. With 20 victories, Westbrook became the Thirteenth Air Force's highest scoring ace. He was killed on 22 November 1944 while strafing a Japanese gunboat.
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