Glenn Loveland Jr
MilitaryHe reported to the ETO on 04 May 1943. He flew on William Marcotte crew. Shot down 13 June 1943 in B-17 #425218 'Skywolf. ' Prisoner of War (POW). He escaped from Prisoner of War (POW) camp and returned in August 1944 to Thurleigh. His escape story can be found in his file.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sky Wolf
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
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Sources
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; Roll of Honor, First Over Germany, page 124-131, 138. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia