Dale August Glaubitz
MilitaryAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel, Germany in B-24 41-23807 'Little Beaver'; hit by flak twice in rear fuselage, also one engine and a final burst hit the cockpit turning it into an inferno 14-May-43. Prisoner of War(POW) MACR 2748
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18007557 / O-421129
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Little Beaver
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Alvo, NE | 1 October 1916 | Son of Charles George and Georgia Lula [Stansberry] Glaubitz. |
Other Baled out POW |
Kiel, Germany | 14 May 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel, Germany in B-24 41-23807 'Little Beaver'; Shot down 14-May-43. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2748 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 14 May 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Died |
Sidney, NE | 1 February 1981 | |
Buried |
Greenwood Cemetery, Sidney, Cheyenne County, NE | 5 February 1981 | Greenwood Cemetery Sidney, Cheyenne County, Nebraska |
Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Shipdham | 14 May 1943 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2748 / MACR 2748, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 119, National WWII Memorial, NARA POW records / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database