Glen L Smith
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 50145 - SSGT GLEN L SMITH, GUNNER, AIKEN CREW : KIA 19 OCTOBER 1944
Assigned to 844BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Mainz, Germany. Mid air collision with B-24 42-94913, both A/C fell out of the sky. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9636.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18177193 / O-710865
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Bomber's Moon
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Kalamazoo, MI, USA | 27 May 1943 | |
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Died |
67480 Edenkoben, Germany | 19 October 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Mainz, Germany. Mid air collision with B-24 42-94913, both A/C fell out of the sky. KIA. MACR 9636. |
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Born |
Leslie, Michigan, USA | ||
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Buried |
Lemay, MO 63125, USA | Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay St. Louis County Missouri, USA | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Halesworth | 19 October 1944 | Assigned to 844BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Ingham County, MI, USA |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9635 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
