Glenn Camp
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 December 1943 in B-17 #4229963. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military
Shot down 30 December 1943 in B-17 #42-29963. Evaded capture, helped by French citizens and evasion networks. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 1977 - Escape & Evasion Report E&E 689 ( https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5555329 ).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 December 1943 in B-17 #4229963. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 December 1943 in B-17 #4229963. Initially evaded, helped by the Belgian COMET evasion network. Arrested on his way to Spain in a train from Paris to Bordeaux, 6 May 1944. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany. See his...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 December 1943 in B-17 #4229963. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 379th Bomb Group
On 30 December 1943, flak over Ludwigshaven knocked out engine of B-17 #4229963. Subsequent fighter attack at lower altitude. Parachuted area of Bonvilliers. Evaded (EVD).
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 December 1943 in B-17 #4229963. Evaded.
Military | Flight Officer | Co-Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 December 1943 in B-17 #4229963. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 December 1943 in B-17 #4229963. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 December 1943 in B-17 #4229963. Evaded.
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 December 1943 in B-17 #4229963. Killed in Action (KIA).
Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/43; Walla Walla 28/3/43; Metropolitan 13/4/43; Dow Fd 30/4/43; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-I] Kimbolton 11/6/43; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 30/12/43 with Pilot Glenn E. Camp Jr (EVD-POW); Navigator: Jarvis H. Cooper (EVD-POW);...
30 December 1943
The port area and oil refineries at Ludwigshaven, Germany are the target for this massive attack of 710 heavy bombers. The despatch includes 12 PFF-equipped B-17s from 482BG, 11 of these are effective on the mission, 3 are damaged, and the bomber...
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | 22 April 1923 | |
Huntington, West Virginia |
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Lived in | 1942 | |
Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia |
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Enlisted | 25 January 1943 | |
Huntington, West Virginia |
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bailed out of | 30 December 1943 | |
from B-17 42-29963 over France |
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evaded capture | 30 December 1943 – May 1944 | |
with the help of French citizens and Résistance organizations. Back in UK on 30 May 1944. |
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Buried | 2008 | |
Milton Mills rests at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Kenova, West Virginia. |
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Died | 15 April 2008 |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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12 February 2019 14:36:06 | ED-BB | Changes to middlename, service number, biography, events, person associations and mission associations |
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MACR 1977 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:20:17 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1977; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 290 |