Glenn Arnold Tessmer
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 779 - Second Lieutenant Glenn A. Tessmer of the 93rd Bomb Group. Tessmer's handwritten caption on reverse: 'Me! Glenn Tessmer 329Sq, 93rd BG.
Found in summer 1997 that he has a photo credited to him taken over Germany on the wall of the new museum in Oxford, England.
Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Was shot down over Germany 28-Jan-45. Prisoner of War (POW). Plane was B-24 42-78486 crashed at Island Schouwen.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Worchester, Massachusetts | 7 July 1917 | Son of John and Clara [Schreiber] Tessmer. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 28 January 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft VIIa. |
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Died |
20 July 2010 | ||
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Buried |
Mountain View Cemetery Shrewsbury, Worcester County, MA | 23 July 2010 | Mountain View Cemetery Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
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Based |
28 January 1945 | Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 12008 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12008
