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Personal info

Full name
DUNCAN, Glenn Francis
Date of birth
14 September 1921
Age
21
Place of birth
Indiana
Hometown
Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
T-060321
Rank
Flight Officer
Function
Pilot
Unit
548th Bombardment Squadron,
385th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
26 July 1943
Place of death
North Sea, off the East Frisian Islands, 35 miles from the nearest land, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
William F. Duncan (father)
Nellie (Standiford) Duncan (mother)
Ernest Duncan (brother)
Frank B. Duncan (brother)
Olive L. Duncan (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30281
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Hannover, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the city
MACR: 191

More information

F/O Duncan attended Bedford High School.

The plane blew up before hitting the water. It had been on fire and seemed to be trying to ditch. No parachutes were reported from this plane.

He is memorialized at Tunnelton Cemetery in Tunnelton, Indiana.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone Application for Military Veterans / Family Trees

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Bedford High School Yearbook 1938 and 1939