Raymond R Glauer

Military

B-17G #42-39797 'Nancy M' salvaged probably due to battle damage on 13 Feb 1944. RTD. Shot down by fighters and crashed W of Eusweiler/Elsdorf after the crew baled out on a mission to the ball bearing works at Erkner-Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31448 'Half Breed'. Prisoner of War (POW). Berlin mission was my 13th. Got hit by fighters. Couldn't keep up with the formation. Plane caught on fire; had to abandon. Parachuted into a tree, wounded by bullet in right foot and left ankle. Taken prisoner, liberated in May, 1945.



POW/ PH/ AM 2Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31448

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Half Breed
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ithaca, New York, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 6 March 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3001 / MACR 3001; self, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database