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GLASCO, Homer Edward - Date of
birth
29 October 1917 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Albany, Gentry County, Missouri -
Hometown
St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-674753 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
350th Bombardment Squadron,
100th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
25 February 1944 - Place of
death
English Channel, off the coest of Sangatte, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Homer E. Glasco (father)
Gerturde H. Glasco (mother)
Mary A. Glasco (sister)
George F. Glasco (grandfather)
Dorothy M. (Goins) Glasco (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30788 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Mismalovin'
Destination: Regensburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Messerschmitt aviation industry
MACR: 2760
More information
1st Lt Glasco served in the Coast Artillery for 16 months before the attack on Pearl Harbor.The aircraft was destroyed by fighters near Calais, France after being forced out to the formation due to flak damage. The aircraft was hit by flak just after bombs away. Gasoline immediately began to flow back across the wing and the aircraft began to fall behind the formation.
He didn´t bail out. He was last seen in the nose and was injured but he was probably killed when the plane crashed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.8thafhs.com, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Arie-Jan van Hees, www.100thbg.com, Bombardier Class Book 43-04, Midland Army Air Field, Texas, St Joseph News-Press - 20 March 1944