Otey Mapp Glass Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 53747 - Otey Mapp Glass Jr, 4FG.
Assigned 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
On fighter/bomber mission to Clermont Area. A/C P-51B 42-106797 'Donna Gayle' struck by cannon fire while pursuing an Me109, engine gave out while exiting the area. Capt Otey M Glass Jr. evaded EVD - was hidden by a French family on their farm until the Canadian Army liberated the town of Haudricourt. 18-Aug-44. MACR 8142.
Awards: AM (2 OLC), WWII Victory.
Post War: 23 years in the reserves, retired 1981 Lt Col. 1981-84 Lees Carpet Co.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Donna Gayle
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Lynchburg, VA, USA | 23 December 1920 | Son of Otey Mapp Sr and Edythe Bonnylin [Slusher] Glass. |
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Enlisted |
Richmond, VA, USA | 7 November 1941 | Richmond, Virginia |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 5 June 1944 - 6 September 1944 | Assigned 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Shot down |
60600 Clermont, France | 18 August 1944 | A/C P-51B 42-106797 'Donna Geyle' struck by cannon fire while pursuing an Bf109, engine gave out while exiting the area. Capt Otey M Glass Jr evaded EVD. MACR 8142. |
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Other Evaded EVD |
76390 Haudricourt, France | 18 August 1944 - 31 August 1944 | Evaded capture - was hidden by a French family on their farm until the Canadian Army liberated the town of Haudricourt. |
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Other Returned to Duty RTD |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 2 September 1944 | Returned to Duty. |
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Died |
Lynchburg, VA, USA | 9 November 2001 | |
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Buried |
Spring Hill Cemetery Lynchburg Lynchburg City VA | 11 November 2001 | Spring Hill Cemetery Lynchburg Lynchburg City Virginia, USA. |
| Lynchburg, VA, USA |
Revisions
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 8142;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
MACR 8142 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
