Louis Harold Glickman
Military
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Object Number - UPL 39480 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Battlin Bobbie" at an 8th Air Force base in England."
Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 #42-29876 'Battlin' Bobbie. ' Evaded (EVD).
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19071371
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38097706
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA | 3 November 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
1 April 1942 | Westover Field, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts | |
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Other Evaded |
France | 19 September 1943 - 1 February 1944 | Helped by French citizens and members of the résistance, he crossed the Pyrénées mountains from France into Spain. Arrived in Gibraltar and was flown back to England on 1 February 1944. |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 978 / MACR 978; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 279 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database