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Personal info

Full name
DAY, Glendon Lee
Date of birth
22 February 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Calais, Washington County, Maine
Hometown
Connecticut

Military service

Service number
11104055
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Right Waist Gunner
Unit
566th Bombardment Squadron,
389th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
Between Brouwershaven and Zonnemaire, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 43 12

Immediate family

Members
Floyd Day (father)
Hana B. Day (mother)
Myron Day (brother)
Whitney Day (brother)
Carl Day (brother)
Dahn Day (brother)
John W. Day (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
44-50747
Data
Type: B-24M
Destination: Plauen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 1372

More information

Glendon Day worked in a machine shop.

He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Hartford, Connecticut on 15 December 1942.

At around 0830 the pilot radioed he was losing fuel and had to make a crash landing but he didn't mention the location. Shortly afterwards it was reported from Haamstede that an American plane had been shot down between Brouwershaven and Zonnemaire. Because of this location, it is believed that the fuel spill may have led to an explosion or that the B-24 was shot down by Flak near the coast, but a failed emergency landing is also possible.

The entire crew of nine men was killed. One of the crew members, Robert W. King and six, at that moment, unidentified men were initially buried at the militaire cemetery of Haamstede.

In September 2020 a memorial with nine sculptures was errected at the location of the crash.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.389thbg.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, WWII Draft Card, 1940 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com