Albert W Glass

Military

Joined squad 3 August 1942. Shot down 27 January 1943 in B-24D 41-23776 'Spirit of '76' while serving as Bombardier. Target was Wilhelmshaven, but weather conditions were poor. Plane was attacked by FW 190s. Glass was the only survivor of the plane, rescued by the lifeboat 'Brandaris' and taken to the local hospital in Harlingen, Holland. One report had a doctor removing his foot at the hospital. He was paroled and repatriated on 26-Oct-43. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.

68th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

41-23776

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Spirit of 76
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Harlingen, Netherlands 27 January 1943 - 26 October 1943 He was wounded in the fighter attack but was able to bale out of the stricken aircraft over the Waddenzee, Holland and rescued by the lifeboat "Brandaris" and taken to a hospital in Harlingen, Holland. He was paroled and repatriated on 26-Oct-1943.

Born

Macon, Georgia, USA

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 16-Feb-2015. Added SN per MACR 15459; Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added decorations, crew position and loss details to Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE;

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15459 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Webb Todd, MACR 15459, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 68, National Archives