Glenn served as a Sergeant and Gunner on B-24G (#42-78140), 829th Bomber Squadron, 485th Bomber Group, 15th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Cumberland County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 4, 1942 in Portland, Maine. He was noted as being employed as a mechanic and also as Married.
Glenn died in the "Line Of Duty" when the B-24 he was on, which was being delivered from the U.S. to North Africa, experienced engine trouble and crashed into the Atlas Mountains in Algeria. The entire crew was killed in this crash.
Service ID: 11098086.
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Crew of B-24G (#42-78140):
Asher, James L., 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot
Badger, Glenn C., Sgt, Gunner, Maine
Heuer, Raymond R., Sgt, Gunner, South Dakota
Latzo, Andrew, S/Sgt, Gunner
Olney, Robert J., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Missouri
Osborn, Edward R., 2nd Lt, Bombardier
Roberts, Julius B., Sgt, Engineer, Florida
Wenzel, Winton W., 1st Lt, Passenger
Whaley, Wallace C., Jr., 2nd Lt, Navigator
Yost, Clifford W., Sgt, Radio-Op, West Virginia
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
He resided in Cumberland County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 4, 1942 in Portland, Maine. He was noted as being employed as a mechanic and also as Married.
Glenn died in the "Line Of Duty" when the B-24 he was on, which was being delivered from the U.S. to North Africa, experienced engine trouble and crashed into the Atlas Mountains in Algeria. The entire crew was killed in this crash.
Service ID: 11098086.
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Crew of B-24G (#42-78140):
Asher, James L., 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot
Badger, Glenn C., Sgt, Gunner, Maine
Heuer, Raymond R., Sgt, Gunner, South Dakota
Latzo, Andrew, S/Sgt, Gunner
Olney, Robert J., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Missouri
Osborn, Edward R., 2nd Lt, Bombardier
Roberts, Julius B., Sgt, Engineer, Florida
Wenzel, Winton W., 1st Lt, Passenger
Whaley, Wallace C., Jr., 2nd Lt, Navigator
Yost, Clifford W., Sgt, Radio-Op, West Virginia
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Glenn served as a Sergeant and Gunner on B-24G (#42-78140), 829th Bomber Squadron, 485th Bomber Group, 15th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Cumberland County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 4, 1942 in Portland, Maine. He was noted as being employed as a mechanic and also as Married.
Glenn died in the "Line Of Duty" when the B-24 he was on, which was being delivered from the U.S. to North Africa, experienced engine trouble and crashed into the Atlas Mountains in Algeria. The entire crew was killed in this crash.
Service ID: 11098086.
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Crew of B-24G (#42-78140):
Asher, James L., 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot
Badger, Glenn C., Sgt, Gunner, Maine
Heuer, Raymond R., Sgt, Gunner, South Dakota
Latzo, Andrew, S/Sgt, Gunner
Olney, Robert J., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Missouri
Osborn, Edward R., 2nd Lt, Bombardier
Roberts, Julius B., Sgt, Engineer, Florida
Wenzel, Winton W., 1st Lt, Passenger
Whaley, Wallace C., Jr., 2nd Lt, Navigator
Yost, Clifford W., Sgt, Radio-Op, West Virginia
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
He resided in Cumberland County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 4, 1942 in Portland, Maine. He was noted as being employed as a mechanic and also as Married.
Glenn died in the "Line Of Duty" when the B-24 he was on, which was being delivered from the U.S. to North Africa, experienced engine trouble and crashed into the Atlas Mountains in Algeria. The entire crew was killed in this crash.
Service ID: 11098086.
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Crew of B-24G (#42-78140):
Asher, James L., 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot
Badger, Glenn C., Sgt, Gunner, Maine
Heuer, Raymond R., Sgt, Gunner, South Dakota
Latzo, Andrew, S/Sgt, Gunner
Olney, Robert J., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Missouri
Osborn, Edward R., 2nd Lt, Bombardier
Roberts, Julius B., Sgt, Engineer, Florida
Wenzel, Winton W., 1st Lt, Passenger
Whaley, Wallace C., Jr., 2nd Lt, Navigator
Yost, Clifford W., Sgt, Radio-Op, West Virginia
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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SGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
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He was originally interred in Algeria and was later repatriated here on July 12, 1949.
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