Glen Earl Rowe
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 13410 - The B-24H - 1 - CF - 41-29128 - LH name and nose art. Lady Luck, was in the 8th Air force, the 446th Bomb Group, and the 704th Bomb Squadron....
Glen Rowe was the command pilot of the B-24H, 41-29128, Lady Luck, on the 15 October 1944 mission to Cologne/Köln, Germany. His plane was hit by flak on returning from the mission. Lt. Rowe tried to emergency land the badly damaged ship at the Saint-Trond, Belgium, airfield. But, it landed long and exploded, killing Rowe and two of his crew members. Initially, he was buried in a temporary cemetery in Belgium. Glen Rowe’s remains were later repatriated to the US. He now rests in California.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35631087
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: waist gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
30 January 1921 | Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho, the son of Glen and Mary E. Rowe | |
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Enlisted |
3 August 1942 | Enlisted as a Private in the Air Corps, Los Angeles, California. 3 Aug 1942. | |
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Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
15 October 1944 | Killed (KIA) in the crash of his badly damaged B-24, 41-29128, at the Saint-Trond Airfield, Belgium. 15 Oct 1944 | |
| Montebello Township, Los Angeles County, California | |||
| Compton, Los Angeles County, California | |||
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Buried |
Glen Rowe rests at the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment records
US Census 1930
WWII Draft Card
VA Gravesite Locator
Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia