Richard William Glaser

Military

Object Number - UPL 15570 - Richard " Dick" Glaser Navigator on B-17 after a mission to Germany in 1944. Dick was shot down with the rest of the crew on B-17 42-31773 on a...

Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 #4231773. Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31773

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wheeling, West VirginiaA 4 April 1905

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 29 April 1944

Died

11 March 1982

Revisions

Date20 Nov 2015 18:24:28
ContributorLucy May
Sources

Brought in information from a duplicate record. Source:
MACR 4456 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date12 Jul 2015 21:07:00
Contributorbombercommand
Sources

http://www.fold3.com/image/1/28646342/
http://www.fold3.com/image/1/28646295/

Date29 Apr 2015 02:42:22
ContributorCRJohnstonjr
Sources

photo from my Dad's photo album showing the crew of the B-17

Date29 Apr 2015 02:29:24
ContributorCRJohnstonjr
Sources

personal information because he was the navigator on my Dad's B-17 when they were shot down on April 29, 1944

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:47
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4456/nephew

Richard William Glaser: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 15570 - Richard " Dick" Glaser Navigator on B-17 after a...

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