Glenn Lacey Hargis

Military

Object Number - UPL 70267 - Glenn Hargis

Assigned to 753BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Tooman crew. Transferred to 388th BG 11-Aug-44. Involved in project Aphrodite as a remote control operator of B-17 42-30342 from B-24 44-40283. ETD

 

Awards: AM (OLC), EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.

 

 

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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
Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Wilfred Tooman

Wilfred Ferguson Tooman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 753rd Bomb Squadron 458th Bomb Group 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39157878 / O-745764
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Robert Dix

42-100431

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bomb-Ah-Dear
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40283) nicknamed "Lassie Come Home" of the 458th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '44-40283- Lassie Come Home- Tracy Pilot.'

44-40283

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

515

  • Date: 4 August 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

San Antonio, Texas 29 April 1918 BornSan Antonio, Texas

Enlisted

23 March 1942

Other

Discharged

31 March 1943

Other

Instructor

Midland Army Airbase, Midland, Texas 1 April 1943 - 15 January 1944 Navigator instructorMidland Army Airbase, Midland, Texas

Died

19 March 1993

Buried

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Texas 22 March 1993 InterredFort Sam Houston National CemeterySan Antonio, Texas

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/707186686/hargis-glenn-l-us-veterans-gravesites-ca1775-2019

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/753373/glenn-lacey-hargis

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139444158?objectPage=891

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.458bg.com/crewaz02jones.htm

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.458bg.com/crewaz02jones.htm

Glenn Lacey Hargis: Gallery (2 items)

'Lassie Come Home'

Object number: UPL 70208 - B-24 44-40283 'Lassie Come Home'. Pilot Wilfred F...