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Personal info

Full name
LOUCKS, Glenn Wilcox "Gimps"
Date of birth
24 October 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
O- 824521
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
385th Fighter Squadron,
364th Fighter Group
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
1 km south of Rhüden, 27 miles southeast of Hildesheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 7 15

Immediate family

Members
Irving A. Loucks (father)
Martha L.B. (Vogel) Loucks (mother)
Otis C. Loucks (brother)
Ina J. (Mowerson) Loucks (wife)
Nan Loucks (daughter)

Plane data

Serial number
44-13962
Data
Type: P-51D
Nickname: Bloody Rebel
Destination: Magdeburg, Germany
Mission: Ramrod
MACR: 9246

More information

2nd Lt Glenn W. Loucks graduated from Ramsey High School.

He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve on 8 October 1942 in Newark, New Jersey.

Statement of 2nd Lt Willard G. Erfkamp, who flew in the same mission: "Lt Loucks was flying #4 position in Yellow Flight. I was #3 man. When we sighted the FW 190s attacking the bombers, we dropped our tanks and went into the fight. I saw Lt Loucks drop his tanks and checked again to see that he was with me, when we were on our way in to attack. After the first pass at a FW 190, I looked around for him, but he wasn't there. I never saw him again. After the fight, I heard him call in and report that he was at 5,000 feet on a heading of due west with a dead engine. He said he was going to ride it a little further and then get out. He was not heard on the radio after that."

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, wwiimemorial, NARA, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree

Photo source: FOHF, www.ancestry.com - Ramsey High School Yearbook 1934, The News - 1 March 1945