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DUNCAN, Glenn Francis - Date of
birth
14 September 1921 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Indiana -
Hometown
Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
T-060321 -
Rank
Flight Officer -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
548th Bombardment Squadron,
385th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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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