Glenn B Swope

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-24162.jpeg UPL 24162 2LT Glenn B. Swope
Co-Pilot
Howard Sturkie Crew

KIA 2 August 1942 in a crash landing at Lydda, Palestine.

Object Number - UPL 24162 - 2LT Glenn B. Swope Co-Pilot Howard Sturkie Crew KIA 2 August 1942 in a crash landing at Lydda, Palestine.

Killed or died 8/2/42

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95260) nicknamed "Lili Marlene" of the 66th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group flies in formation with two comrades. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24 H & B-24 J OF 44th B.G. 66th Sqdn'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Lod, Israel 2 August 1942 KIA in a crash landing at RAF Station Lydda, Palestine (now Lod, Israel)

Born

Wisconsin

Buried

North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Carthage Tunis, Tunisia Plot: Plot D, Row 10, Grave 8

Revisions

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Sources

Combat Chron, Losses under the 9th AF in an appendix,Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 p. 492 by Bishop & Hey. KIA. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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