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Personal info

Full name
GLENN, Jack H
Date of birth
16 August 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Matagorda County, Texas

Military service

Service number
O-711388
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
566th Bombardment Squadron,
389th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 July 1944
Place of death
Quenstedt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 35 32

Immediate family

Members
Verner C. Glenn (father)
Elisabeth A. Glenn (mother)
Helen Glenn (sister)
Ruth Glenn (Sister

Plane data

Serial number
42-50617
Data
Type: B-24J
Nickname: The Wolf Patrol
Destination: Halle, Germany
MACR: 7365

More information

Aircraft 42-50617 was hit by flak over the target. The aircraft immediately began to lose altitude and the right wing broke into flames. A FW 190 got on his tail and strafed the ship, and aircraft went into steep and crashed.
He bailed out of the aircraft, but failed to properly secure his parachute. When the parachute canopy deployed, it was ripped from his person, and he fell to his death.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Michel Beckers, www.389thbg.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Mireille Goedhart