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Glenn D. Thompson

Glenn D. Thompson was a crew member aboard a B-24 Liberator that was lost on the 13 June 1944 mission to Vannes, France. He was found dead at the crash site near Pressoir, France by German authorities, his identification tag recovered and forwarded to the Air Force Prisoner of War Camp at Chartres.

German records note that the bodies at the crash site were completely charred. Thompson was killed in action and did not survive the crash.

Killed in Action

Sortie Log

2 CATALOGUED SORTIES
22 FEB 1945 — 03 MAR 1945

The sorties below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.

8AF Mission
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 841
22 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
Lead 93rd; Major HURR listed as CA (Command Pilot)
Snow White42-95542
№ 861
03 MAR 1945
Magdeburg/Rothensee O/RO/R
Division Lead; Lt Col Robert E. Kendig listed as CA (Command Pilot); bomb load: 5x500 GP M64, 2 Smoke Bombs
Mill Take XIII44-49298
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