Glenn Gordon Read
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 38887
Family owned photo
Shot down 9 Oct 1943 in B-17 #42-3543 'Sack Time Suzy'. Landed in Sweden.
Killed in action 11 June 1944.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32574214
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38313197
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-797509
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39225372 at enlistment, then T-708
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 9 October 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in action |
Sweden | 11 June 1944 | |
Born |
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Buried |
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 946 / MACR 946; Snetterton Falcons pg 75-76 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database