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Haywood L. Glass, Jr. Atlanta High School Yearbook, Cass, County, Texas
Killed in Action as a result of aircraft being shot down over France, September 15, 1943.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 93rd Bomb Group
Born October 1920. Raised in Rochester, New York, USA. Enlisting in September 1942, Second Lieut. Miller was captured by enemy forces near Gouzon (Gonzeville ?), France, September 15, 1943, following the crash of aircraft 42-40938. Served as POW...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 93rd Bomb Group
From the Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 15215 (3 October 1944 - Brutus K. Hamilton, Captain, Air Corps, Intelligence Officer) detailing the events of the 42-40938 crash: "Lt. Earl D. Warren, Jr. returned to base 17 September 1944. He reports that A/C...
Group
93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 1-March-1942 at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. On 15-May-1942 the Group moved to Ft. Myers, Florida to continue advanced flight training and also to fly anti-submarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico; they...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
B-24D 42-40938 was shot down over Doudeville, France with the William Loveday crew on the 15 September 1943 mission to the Romilly-sur-Seine Air Depot near Paris. Crashed 1km South of Doudeville, 15km NE of Yvetot, Seine Maritime, France. 4 KIA : Pilot...
Military site : airfield
Planned as an RAF bomber airfield, Hardwick was used first by the 310th Bomb Group, equipped with B-25 Mitchells. In December 1943, the B-24 Liberators of the 93rd Bomb Group moved in, and remained until the end of the war, flying over 330 missions....
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| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Atlanta, Texas | 10 August 1942 |
| Enlisted | 10 August 1942 | |
| Died | 15 September 1943 | |
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Smyrna Cemetary, Cass County, Texas |
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| 24 May 2020 01:59:23 | tomglass | Changes to biography and events |
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Application for Headstone or Marker for Military Veterans for Haywood L. Glass, Jr. by his father Haywood L. Glass on May 19, 1950. |
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| 24 May 2020 01:56:30 | tomglass | Changes to media associations |
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Atlanta High School Yearbook |
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| 24 May 2020 01:44:20 | tomglass | Changes to events |
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Application for Headstone or Marker for Military Veterans for Haywood L. Glass, Jr. by his father, Haywood L. Glass on May 19, 1950. |
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| 24 May 2020 01:42:22 | tomglass | Changes to events |
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Application for Headstone or Marker for Military Veterans for Haywood L. Glass, Jr. by his father, Haywood L. Glass on May 19, 1950. |
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| 24 May 2020 01:40:52 | tomglass | Changes to events |
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Application for Headstone or Marker for Military Veterans for Haywood L. Glass, Jr. by his father, Haywood L. Glass on May 19, 1950. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 24 May 2020 01:00:36 | tomglass | Changes to unit associations |
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Source is Application for Headstone or Marker for Military Veterans for Haywood L. Glass, Jr. by his father, Haywood L. Glass on May 19, 1950. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 24 May 2020 00:57:11 | tomglass | Changes to service number |
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Source is application for Headstone or Marker for Military Veterans for Haywood L. Glass, Jr. by his father, Haywood L. Glass on May 19, 1950. |
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| 24 May 2020 00:55:17 | tomglass | Changes to suffix |
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Source is Application for Headstone or Marker for Military Veterans applied for Haywood L. Glass, Jr. by his father Haywood L. Glass on May 19, 1950. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 September 2018 19:36:49 | BrianWright | Changes to place associations and aircraft associations |
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Great nephew of Edward Miller, completing genealogical research with supporting documentation of entered information. Edward and Haywood were crew members. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 September 2018 19:35:17 | BrianWright | Changes to highest rank, role and biography |
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Great nephew of Edward Miller, completing genealogical research with supporting documentation of entered information. Edward and Haywood were crew members. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:12:34 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / roster |
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