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David Westheimer (April 11, 1917 in Houston, Texas – November 8, 2005) was an American novelist best known for writing the 1964 novel Von Ryan's Express which was adapted as a 1965 film starring Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard.
Nov 12, 2005 · Westheimer was the navigator on a B-24 bomber that was shot down over the Mediterranean in 1942 by Italian fighter planes. He spent 28 months as a prisoner of the Italians and later the...
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David Westheimer. born Houston, Texas: 11 April 1917. died Los Angeles, California: 8 November 2005. works (highly selected) Lighter Than a Feather (Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1971) [hb/] Downfall (New York: Bantam Books, 1972) [vt of the above: pb/]
Westheimer was a novelist best known for his books Von Ryan's Express and My Sweet Charlie. A 1937 graduate of Rice University, his early career was devoted to journalism. He was working for the Houston Post when America entered World War II, and he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces.
Jun 22, 2022 · David Kaplan Westheimer, novelist, screenwriter, columnist, and prisoner of war during World War II, was born in Houston, Texas, on April 11, 1917. He was the son of Adolf and Ester (Kaplan) Westheimer and the great-nephew to Mitchell Louis Westheimer, a successful and wealthy Houston businessman.
Nov 20, 2005 · David Westheimer, who wrote the novels ''My Sweet Charlie'' and ''Von Ryan's Express,'' which was turned into a movie starring Frank Sinatra, died here on Nov. 8. He was 88.
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Lighter than a Feather , by David Westheimer, author of Van Ryan's Express , which also sees heavy casualties and eventual victory). J. K. HOLLOW AY Naval War College Howarth, David. Famous Sea Battles. Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, 1981. 185pp. $22.50 To begin with the less than positive comments: This is a puzzling book. Its
