Glenn Clark Underwood
Military
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.
Object Number - UPL 33499 - Sergeant Glenn C. Underwood, Top Turret Gunner, 447th Bomb Group
Glenn Underwood was Engineer / Top Turret Gunner on board of B-17G #42-31191 'Virginia Lee' on the 27 March 1943 mission to Bordeaux/Merignac airfield. Hit by German fighters, crash-landed on the beach at Le Porge-Océan, near Laruau (Gironde), France. Made Prisoner of War (POW). He later served in the Korean War then resumed his job as an automotive parts manager.
Air Medal; Bronze Star
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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: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11021237 at enlistment, then O-806253
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18016065 at enlistment, then O-755011
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37652344
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39454700 at enlistment, then O-692881
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38274314
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Virginia Lee
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 27 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
10 December 1915 | Saint Joseph, Missouri | |
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Enlisted |
7 November 1942 | as a Private in the Air Corps at Fort Crook, Nebraska | |
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Other left the aircraft on foot |
27 March 1944 | on the beach at Le Porge-Océan, near Laruau (Gironde), France, after the crash-landing there of B-17 # 42-31191 | |
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Other captured |
27 March 1944 | on the beach at Le Porge-Océan | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
27 March 1944 | Interned at Stalag XVIIB near Braunau, Austria. Liberated. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control on 4 June 1945." | |
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Died |
5 September 2009 | Shenandoah, Page County, Iowa | |
| Shenandoah, Page County, Iowa | |||
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Buried |
Randolph Cemetery, Randolph, Iowa |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
WWII Draft Cards
Obituary at https://www.hackettlivingston.com/obituary/81684/Glenn-Clark-Underwood-…
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3546 / MACR 3546, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
