Louis Harold Glickman

Military
media-39480.jpeg UPL 39480 "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Battlin Bobbie" at an 8th Air Force base in England."

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Object Number - UPL 39480 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Battlin Bobbie" at an 8th Air Force base in England."

Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 #42-29876 'Battlin' Bobbie. ' Evaded (EVD).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

People

William J Cook

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Herbert William Dulberg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36341183
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Russell H Eldridge

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39531040
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Elton Hoyt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-731872
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

William J Miller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-29876

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Battlin bobbie
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Springfield, Massachusetts, USA 3 November 1919

Enlisted

1 April 1942 Westover Field, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts

Other

Evaded

France 19 September 1943 - 1 February 1944 Helped by French citizens and members of the résistance, he crossed the Pyrénées mountains from France into Spain. Arrived in Gibraltar and was flown back to England on 1 February 1944.

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
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NARA WWII Enlistment records

Date
ContributorED-BB
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MACR 978
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 370

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 978 / MACR 978; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 279 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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