Glenn Eugene Kofoed

Military

Object Number - UPL 45383 - Glenn Eugene Kofoed Co-Pilot Paul Bensel Crew - 388th BG Warren Bock Crew - 482nd BG

Shot down by flak enroute to the Marshalling Yards at Frankfurt and again on the return on 4 Feb 1944 in B-17F 42-3500. Most of crew baled out, pilot was wounded so LtCol Alford, the H2X operator, made a forced landing near Winterswijk, Holland. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'

482nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

David G Alford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 812th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot, Pilot, Command

Paul P Bensel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-523642
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Lieutenant-Colonel Elliott Vandevanter Jr. commanding officer of the 385th Bomb Group, talks to First Lieutenant Sam Dixon, Second Lieutenant Warren Bock and Technical Sergeant Alford Peterson after a mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress "Lady Susie II". Passed for publication 28 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Youth Of The Flying Fortresses. USP/224I-35. The young Commander of this youthful Fortress unit returns from a mission which he led. (Left to right) Lt. Col. Elliott Vandevanter Jr., of Was

Warren E Bock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 812th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Guilford L Colvin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 812th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

William A Cotter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 812th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-30212

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Quarterback
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed ""Li'l" One" of the 562nd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '388.' Printed caption on reverse: 'B-61555 AC - The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Li'L One" at an airbase in England, 19 September 1943. 562nd Bomb Sqdn., 388th Bomb Gp. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

42-30213

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lil One
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
A crashed B-17F Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-30230) nicknamed "Homesick Angel", 24 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(GAD-15-4-388)(24-8-43)(A/C No. 230230 Type B-17F)." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Rodgers. See note. Homesick Angel.'

42-30230

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Homesick Angel
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Second Chance" of the 562nd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: 'A-61554 AC - The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Second Chance" at an airbase in England, 19 September 1943. 562nd Bomb Sqdn., 388th Bomb Gp. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

42-30317

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Second Chance
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

42-3500

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 812th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Blackfoot, Idaho 10 March 1919

Other

388th BG Combat Tour

Knettishall Airfield, UK 24 July 1943 - 26 September 1943

Other

Shot Down/Captured

near Meddo, Netherlands 4 February 1944

Other

POW

Barth, Germany 15 February 1944 Stalag Luft I

Died

Spokane, WA 25 January 2008

Buried

Blackfoot, ID 28 January 2008 Grove City Cemetery Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho, USA Plot Block 123, Lot 1, Plot S
Long Beach, CA 233 Euclid Avenue

Other

482nd BG Combat Tour

RAF Alconbury, UK 4 February 1944

Revisions

Date1 Oct 2020 13:10:35
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3159 / MACR 3159, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date29 Sep 2020 16:50:33
Contributor466thHistorian
Sources

https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=1286314…
http://www.388bg.com/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=388-I-HAS01-…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6716&h=2081349…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51871650/glenn-eugene-kofoed
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?dt=466&sc=1167…
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6571

Date29 Sep 2020 16:50:10
Contributor466thHistorian
Sources

https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=1286314…
http://www.388bg.com/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=388-I-HAS01-…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6716&h=2081349…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51871650/glenn-eugene-kofoed
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?dt=466&sc=1167…
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6571

Date27 Sep 2014 18:11:31
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html

Glenn Eugene Kofoed: Gallery (2 items)

Lieutenant Paul Bensel and his crew of the 388th Bomb Group stand with a bomb, personally addressed to Hitler, and their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5954) nicknamed "Mister Yank II" before the Regensburg Raid, August 1943. A B-17 nicknamed "Homesick Angel" is visible in the background.

Object number: FRE 1487 - Paul Bensel Crew 388th BG - 562nd BS Standing Left...

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