Glen W Swarts
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled In Service (KIS). 27 May 1943 in an accident at Alconbury, ground crew were loading bombs into B-17s for the next day's mission when several bombs detonated. 19 were killed and 14 injured.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Passion Flower
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Steuben, NY 13354, USA | 12 November 1920 | |
Other Killed In Service (KIS) |
Alconbury, Huntingdon PE28, UK | 27 May 1943 | |
Buried |
Mumford Rural Cemetery, Le Roy, NY 14482, USA |
Revisions
Changed the label for a Died event to “Killed In Service (KIS)” per info in the "Summary biography".
Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Brought in information from duplicate record. See also:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=swarts&GSfn=glen&…;
Combat Sup, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol.1 by Bishop & Hey p. 134, NARA / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia