Glenn Carroll Bach Jr
MilitaryPhoto courtesy Robert B. Hatter.
Archived by Char Baldridge, Historian, 359th Fighter Group Association.
Posted by Janet Fogg, 359th Fighter Group Historian.
Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 368FS. Returned to 369FS. Crash landed at East Wretham in P-47 14-Jan-44 on return from operations. RTD.
Transferred to 555FTS, 496FTG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34443092
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew chief
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Medicine Lake, MT | 28 July 1917 | Son of Glenn R Bach. |
Enlisted |
Tacoma, WA, USA | 17 February 1941 | Tacoma, Washington |
Based |
East Wretham | 1 January 1943 - 14 January 1943 | Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Based |
East Wretham | 14 January 1943 - 23 January 1943 | Moved to 368FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Based |
East Wretham | 23 January 1943 - 1 August 1944 | Returned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Crashed |
Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA | 20 August 1943 | Landing Accident 1 Mile NE Farmingdale, NY Cat 5 damage, pilot Lt Glenn C Bach, 20-Aug-43. P-47 42-8257 - 369FS 359FG |
Other Crashed |
Wretham, Thetford IP24, UK | 14 January 1944 | Crash landed at East Wretham in P-47 14-Jan-44 on return from operations. RTD. |
Other Promotion |
Wretham, Thetford IP24, UK | 10 June 1944 | Promoted to Captain. |
Based |
Goxhill | 1 August 1944 - 3 November 1944 | Transferred to 555FTS, 496FTG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
Westfield, MA 01085, USA | 16 August 1998 | |
Buried |
Calvary Cemetery Chicopee, MA | 19 August 1998 | Calvary Cemetery Chicopee, Massachusetts |
Olympia, WA, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- 8th AF Losses, Unit History ;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia