Minas Philip Glitsis

Military

Assigned to to 10th Station Compliment, 8AF USAAF. Customer of Freckleton snack bar, killed by crash of B-24J 42-50291 'Classy Chassis II'. Died non Battle (DNB)





Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-50291

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Classy Chassis II
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 832nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Warton airfield looking north, the Ribble Estuary is on the left, 22 June 1949. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/255. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Warton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: BAD-2

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

New York City, NY 17 November 1942 New York City New York

Died

Freckleton, UK 23 August 1944

Buried

25 August 1944 Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot E Row 2 Grave 43

Born

Egypt

Based

Wendling 23 August 1944 Assigned to to 10th Station Compliment, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/310770745
https://www.fold3.com/record/86446974-minas-p-glitsis
https://www.fold3.com/record/529898690-minas-p-glitsis
https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=92144
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freckleton_air_disaster
https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=17126
https://laituk.org/B-24%2042-50291.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56290082/minas-p-glitsis#add-to-vc