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Westgate, John Herbert

Date of death:
August 16th, 1942
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery Castle Rosendael
Grave: 667.
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Service number: 540813

Sergeant J.H. Westgate was Air Gunner aboard the Wellington DF666 on a raid to Düsseldorf. The aircraft was shot down by the German night fighter Oblt Manfred Meurer, III. / NJGI. and crashed in Rozendaal. He lost his live in the crash and was buried in a private cemetery in Rozendaal.

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