Harold Glenn Garman
Military
Standing: Harold Garman, ?, William Lafferty, ?
Kneeling: James Stuebgen is fourth from left.
The other airmen linked to this record were part of the crew but need identifying in this photograph.
Object Number - UPL 26298 - Crew of B-24 42-110029 of the 703rd Bomb Squadron of the 445th Bomb Group. Standing: Harold Garman, ?, William Lafferty, ? Kneeling: James Stuebgen...
Shot down 1 April 1944 in B-24 #42-110029.
Linked up with Free French but was apprehended on the train to get out of France. Held in Fresnes Prison, May, 1944. Eventually, sent to Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Germany, July, 1944. Moved to Stalag-Luft VII-A, Jan., 1945. Liberated April 29, 1945.
Full details on my Dad's website, https://wggarman.wixsite.com/2ndlthggarmanpow
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Tivetshall
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Kewanna, Fulton County, Indiana, USA | 24 December 1922 | |
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Enlisted |
4331 Winters Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46809, USA | 27 March 1942 | |
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Other Evaded (EVD) |
1 April 1944 | ||
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Died |
Portage, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA | 13 August 2019 | |
| St Joseph County, IN, USA | |||
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Other Captured on a train trying to leave France |
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Buried |
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA | Mount Ever-Rest Memorial Park South |
Revisions
Updated Born event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 202308092.
Added middle name and Died and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 202308092.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202308092/harold-glenn-garman
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 3601 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
See also:
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=3&cat=all&tf…
Posted by his son, Wes Garman who also maintain's Lt. Garman's website.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3601
