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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.
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Nov 12, 2005 · David Westheimer, a bestselling novelist whose most successful work -- "Von Ryan's Express" -- drew on his experiences as a World War II prisoner of war and was made into a popular movie that...
David Westheimer. Writer: Von Ryan's Express. Novelist David Westheimer wrote "Von Ryan's Express" (made into a film, Von Ryan's Express (1965)) with Frank Sinatra), "My Sweet Charlie" (adapted into a play which was staged on Broadway and then turned into a TV movie, My Sweet Charlie (1970), starring Patty Duke, who won an Emmy Award), "Summer ...
- April 11, 1917
- November 8, 2005
David Westheimer 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.
This collection relates to David Westheimer who served as a 1st Lieutenant Navigator on a B-24 Bomber with the 457th Bomb Group during World War II and was shot down over Italy where he became a POW. This collection consists of an oral history transcript of David Westheimer.
David Westheimer was part of a bomber crew that spent most of the war in a POW camp in Germany. He was shot down over Italy and later transferred to Germany where he spent the remainder of the war in German Pow Camps including Stalag 7A.
