William J Gleason
Military
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UPL 52436
1st Lt. William Joseph Gleason
Cohoes, NY
Navigator - shot down on 12/31/44
493rd Bomb Group - 862nd. Squad
Cohoes, NY
Navigator - shot down on 12/31/44
493rd Bomb Group - 862nd. Squad
From His Son Michael
William Gleason was 2nd Navigator on board B-17 #44-8352, hit by Flak, exploded and crashed in Hamelin-Pyrmont, 100km SW of Hannover, Germany on 31 December 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17127288 at enlistment, then O-765548
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
31 December 1944 | captured in Hamelin, Germany. NARA WWII POW record : "Interned in Germany. Returned to Military Control 26 May 1945." |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11235, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php