Glenn U Brooks Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR1st Lt.Brooks was in the U.S. Army Air Forces 327th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group, Heavy, # O-437931. After flying 4 missions with the 91st, he was temporarily attached to the 91st Group for combat training.
Brought down 22 March 1943 in B-17 #4229659 'Liberty Bell. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). The assigned target was Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The plane was on its first mission being flown by 7 members of the 92nd BG/ 327th BS and 3 from the 91st BG. On its return from the mission, the aircraft was hit by bomb dropped from above by a Messerschmitt Bf 109 (Me 109) flown by Oberleutnant Heinz Knoke, and crashed into the North Sea 20 miles west of Heligoland with all ten crewman killed in action (KIA). In this action, Knoke thus became the first of only a few fighter pilots to successfully destroy an enemy aircraft by "bombing the bombers" (an experimental tactic that was soon abandoned by the Luftwaffe).
Air Medal, Purple Heart
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- 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
- Nicknames: Liberty Bell
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fayette County, Kentucky | 11 July 1919 | |
Enlisted |
MACDILL FIELD, FLORIDA | 12 July 1941 | Army Serial Number at time of enlistment: 14044382 |
Died |
22 March 1943 | ||
Other Memorialized |
Arlington National Cemetary | 1LT Glenn Ulrich Brooks Jr. Memorialized at Arlington National Cemetery Plot MF, 0, 46-1 | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 22 March 1943 | |
Other Memorialized |
The remains of 1st Lt. Brooks were never recovered, and he is eternally memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery. |
Revisions
NARA
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/415038/glenn-ulrich-brooks
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56288104/glenn-ulrich-brooks
http://yamm.finance/wiki/Liberty_Belle_(B-17_Flying_Fortress).html
https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/2441/TwoPilotsTwo…
USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16291 / MACR 16291, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 p. 92 by Bishop & Hey, National WWII Monument web site / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database