Glenn W Morris Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 14559 - Glenn W. Morris Jr.
B-24H #41-29416 'Rebel Yell' collided with another aircraft after being hit by flak over the target of Berlin and crashed west of Oranienburg, Germany on 22 Mar 1944.
Killed in Action.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-742671
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Rebel Yell
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Missions
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Ruth L", flown by Lieutenant NL Young, of the 96th Bomb Group flies through a cascade of bombs released by another Fortress over Oranienburg, Germany. Strike camera photo. Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/3/44. Looks like JW code - 92BG? [sic]Supposedly Bremen raid but bombs look like M47.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408680.jpg.webp?itok=47P7nfd_)
- Date: 22 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Waterloo, Iowa | 7 October 1919 | |
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Died |
Oranienburg, Germany | 22 March 1944 | Glenn W. Morris, Jr., 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Morris, stewards of the Black Hawk county home, was killed in action March 22, while on a bombing mission over Germany, according to a telegram received Friday by his parents. Lieutenant Morris was reported missing in action in word received April 6. The telegram received Friday came from a report by the Germans to the International Red Cross, and relayed to the United States government. Lieutenant Morris was a bombardier-navigator on his second mission (466th Historian note: It was both the 466th BG and Morris' 1st combat mission), having arrived overseas only 11 days prior to his death. Glenn Morris was born in Waterloo on Oct. 7. 1919. He graduated from East high school in 1987 and for a year remained on the farm with his parents. Over a period of years from 1931 to his graduation, he took a very active part in 4-H work, holding all of the local offices, secretary of the county club in 1936, a member of the state champion judging team , and county champion in showmanship. He attended Iowa State college, Ames, Ia., for three years and left for service while in his junior year, on Oct. 26, 1941. On June 24, 1943, he was married to Cleona L. Safell of Kansas City, Mo. Surviving are his parents, an older brother, Everett, living at Floyd, Ia., and paternal grandmother, Henrietta Morris, Milton, Ia. Waterloo Sunday Courier, Sunday, July 2, 1944 See more at : http://purpleheartsreunited.org/heart/2lt-glenn-morris/ |
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Buried |
Louisville, KY, USA | Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville Jefferson County Kentucky, USA Plot: C, 407 |
Revisions
Merged details from dupliacte record created by MACR 3491 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.
Biographical details added courtesy of Zachariah Fike at http://purpleheartsreunited.org and http://www.findagrave.com
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3491, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
