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Radio Operator T/Sgt Thomas Dale Glaspell 327BS, 92BG, 8AF.
"Lt Kelly and crew of the 92nd Bomb Group beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 13 August 1943." L-R: Sgt Billy B Freeman, T/Sgt Charles E Slayton, Lyle Sage, S/Sgt Harold D Broyles, Lt Alex M Erganian, 1Lt Charles J Kelly, Lt J M McGraw, Sgt Joseph Savickas, S/Sgt Thomas D Glaspell, S/Sgt Henry P Brannan.
Operational mission to Solingen in B-17F 42-30408 'Sharon Belle', mission was scrubbed due to weather, A/C was seen to explode at the nose, crashed near Astwell Castle with all crew lost, including Henry, 30-Nov-43. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: PH.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Killed on 24th or 25th mission. Operational mission to Solingen in B-17F 42-30408 'Sharon Belle', mission was scrubbed due to weather, A/C was seen to explode at the nose, crashed near Astwell Castle with all crew lost, including William, 30-Nov-43....
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 92nd Group sometime after arrivial in the UK converted to the role of in-theater combat crew indocrination and training. For this role, the Group traded its B-17F complement and obtained the B-17E, mostly from the 97th BG which was departing for...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 28/5/43; Gore 9/6/43; Dalhart 27/6/43; Tinker 7/7/43; Gr Isle 28/7/43; Presque Is 4/8/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-Q] Alconbury 14/8/43; detailed Solingen but blew up near RAF Silverstone, crashed Astwell Castle, Helmdon,...
Military site : airfield
Built originally to accommodate two RAF bomber squadrons, the first USAAF unit to occupy the base was the 15th Bomb Squadron in September 1942. Podington was then used as a satellite for nearby Chelveston. Work to lengthen the runways, although this...
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| Born | Waitsburg, WA | 7 June 1918 |
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Son of Bessie Pearl Glaspell. |
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| Lived in | Prescott, WA | 1942 |
| Based | Podington | 1943 – 30 November 1943 |
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Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Astwell Castle Farm, UK | 30 November 1943 |
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Solingen mission in B-17F 42-30408 'Sharon Belle'; A/C was seen to explode at the nose, crashed near Astwell Castle with all crew lost, including Henry, 30-Nov-43. KIA. |
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| Buried | Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, MO | 1948 |
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Re-Interred |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 24 March 2019 14:44:31 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, role, biography, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/649291295 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:25:51 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Combat Chronology, Losses of Eighth and Ninth Air Forces Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 394-5 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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