Glenn Eugene Kofoed

Military
media-45383.png UPL 45383 Glenn Eugene Kofoed
Co-Pilot
Paul Bensel Crew - 388th BG
Warren Bock Crew - 482nd BG

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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People

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

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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

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