Glen Eldon Snider

Military

Glen Snider was Right Waist Gunner on B-17 #42-97564, shot down by flak and force-landed near Chaam, Holland on 20 July 1944. Prisoner of War (POW). After his return to the US, he was honorably discharged on 4 September 1945.

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Units served with

418th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Louis Hyman Abromowitz

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 13081083 at enlistment, then O-814034
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

George Edward Bonitz

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-694318
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Navigator

Daniel Martin Cargile

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 38372191
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Robert David Chavez

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39559984
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Daniel Barnette Deason

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 15335693
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Engineer

Aircraft

42-97564

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Belle of Berlin
Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 351st Bomb Group, including (RQ-P, serial number 42-97193) and (serial number 43-37920) fly through flak bursts during a mission. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Thoison '557' took pic 20/7/44. Star Duster DS-L MIA 6/8/44.'

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Date: 20 July 1944

Places

Thorpe Abbotts

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	27 November 1912	Humboldt, Humboldt County, Iowa
Enlisted	17 April 1942
Other force-landed	20 July 1944	on B-17 42-97564 Between Chaam and Baarle-Hertog, South of Tilburg, Noord-Brabant Province, The Netherlands
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	20 July 1944	immediately arrested and interned at Stalag Luft 4 (Gross Tychow / Tychowo). NARA WWII POW records :"Returned to Military Control 11 March 1946 (sic)."
Died	20 June 1994	in Kellogg, Wabasha County, Minnesota
Born		Williams County, Iowa
Buried		Glen Snider rests at the Saint Agnes Cemetery in Kellogg, Wabasha County, Minnesota

Revisions

Date8 Mar 2023 20:08:41

Contributorjmoore43

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Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

Date18 Feb 2019 14:25:40

ContributorED-BB

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NARA WWII POW records
VETERANS' BIRLS Death files

Date30 Jan 2019 14:27:19

ContributorED-BB

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It's Glen E not L...
MACR 7414

Date27 Sep 2014 18:11:29

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7414 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database