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Personal info

Full name
EDWARDS, Glenn E
Date of birth
21 june 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Marblehead, Adams County, Illinois
Hometown
Quincy, Adams County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16161903
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Top Turret Gunner
Unit
326th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 September 1944
Place of death
Near Merseburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 14 34

Immediate family

Members
Jonas A. Edwards (father)
Alice Edwards (mother)
Roy Edwards (brother)
Thelma Edwards (sister)
Paul Edwards (brother)
Imogene Edwards (wife)
Glenna M. Edwards (daughter)

Plane data

Serial number
43-38290
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Canvas Back IV
Destination: Merseburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the synthetic oil plant
MACR: 8887

More information

S/Sgt Glenn E. Edwards was a radio operator before he before he volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Peoria, Illinois on 25 November 1942.

1st Lt William M Sage:
This C.B.W. was first attacked by E/A just before, during and after bombs away. In the process of making a second run on the primary target the formation became loose. The E/A attacks further broke up the formation. Just at bombs away approximately 15 E/A identified as mixed FW 190’s and ME 109’s jumped the lead group. Attacks by these E/A were in the elements of 3 abreast from 6 o’clock level to high firing 20 mm shells. These attacks lasted about 10-15 minutes. On passing this group they looped and dived down on the low group. Seven E/A dived on the low group from 7 o’clock high making due pass in echelons before breaking off their attack. The high group was not attacked until immediately before the rally point at 1215 hours.

S/Sgt Chester S. Hinds:
He was killed in explosion by direct burst of flak.

He is remembered at the Greenmount Cemetery in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com - Arkieologist

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Denise Kellam / R&C