Glenn E Camp Jr
MilitaryShot down 30 December 1943 in B-17 #42-29963. Initially evaded, captured near Bordeaux, France on 6 May 1944. Prisoner of War (POW). See the full story of his evasion and fate at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fcampge.html
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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: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12054263 and O-687814
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-682084
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Judy
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
23 June 1922 | Missouri, United States | |
Other Evaded capture |
30 December 1943 - 6 May 1944 | After landing in parachute near Clermont (Oise Department), France, he was helped, sheltereed, fed, transported through France with the help of French citizens and memebers of the Belgian Comète network. On his way to the Spanish border, he was arrested in a train before reaching Bordeaux. | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
6 May 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. Liberated at the end of April 1944 by Russian troops. | |
Died |
18 July 1983 | El Paso, Texas | |
El Paso, Texas, USA |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
MACR 1977
E-mail contacts with daughter Cherrie Camp Warren
https://www.evasioncomete.be/fcampge.html
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1977; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 290