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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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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.
His plane was shot down by Italian fighter planes and he spent 28 months in Italian and German POW camps. He based his novel "Von Ryan's Express" on his experiences as a POW. He was also an editor and columnist for The Houston Post.
- April 11, 1917
- November 8, 2005
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.
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/]
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