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REILEY, Glenn Victor - Date of
birth
21 January 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Linglestown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
13048158 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Top Turret Gunner -
Unit
753rd Bombardment Squadron,
458th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
6 March 1944 - Place of
death
Tubbergen, the Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 16 | 15 |
Immediate family
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Members
Roy Cassel (stepfather)
Pauline S. Cassel (mother)
Howard G. Cassel (stepbrother)
Fae Cassel (stepsister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
41-29286 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Berlin, Germany
MACR: 3346
More information
At some point , after bombs away, FW-190's attacked the formation and the crew lost power on three of their four engines.Mrs. Roy Cassel, Harrisbur, R.D.3, has been informed by the War Department of the death of her son, Staff Sgt. Glen Reily, 21, who was killed in a plane crash in Holland on March 6.
Sergeant Reily, a top turret gunner and engineer with the Eight Air Force Liberator bomber, had been overseas less than a month when he was listed as missing. It was only recently that the German government announced he had been killed. He attended Susquehanna High School and was employed by the Harrisburg Steel company before entering the service January 16, 1941. He won his gunner´s wings at Wendover Field, Utah.
Source of information: Michel Beckers, Astrid van Erp, 458th Bomb Group, www.newspapers.com - The Evening News, 25 September 1944, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Michel Beckers, Darin Scorza-458BG, www.newspapers.com - The Evening News, www.americanairmuseum.com