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GLAZE, Gerald Dutton - Date of
birth
27 November 1919 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
West Columbia, Lexington County, South Carolina -
Hometown
Richland County, South Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
14074559 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Ball Turret Gunner -
Unit
332nd Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
22 December 1943 - Place of
death
The Hoogovens
Velsen, the Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Archie M. Glaze (father)
Florence M. (Dutton) Glaze (mother)
Lillian A. Glaze (sister)
Silvia J. Glaze (sister)
Patricia Glaze (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-37738 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Miss America II
Destination: Osnabruck, Germany
MACR: 1715
More information
Sgt Gerald D. Glaze graduated from Brookland-Cayce High School and was employed by the South Carolina Highway Department as a motor vehicle inspector.He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 3 April 1942 at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina
On 22 December 1943, we were returning to England after dropping our bombs on Osnabruck, Germany. Our plane had been damaged by ME-109's and FW 190's. Fire was coming out bullet holes on our right wing. We knew that it was buring the rubberized coating of the wing gas tank and soon would explode. The pilot, after unsuccessful attempts to extinguish the fire, gave us the order to bail out. As we were at 25,000 feet we were fortunate that nine of our crew landed safely. Because of heavy cloud cover, we did not know if we were over land or the ocean. Although we were widely scattered when we bailed out, we were all captured quickly by Germans.
Sgt Glaze bailed out, but probably drowned in the North Sea.
Source of information: Michel Beckers, www.stewthornley.net, MACR
Photo source: Michel Beckers, Howard Thornley, Peter Schouteten, The State Sun - 20 February 1944