MALTBY Glen T - 524 FS 27 FG

 

Glen Thurston MALTBY

 

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Source : Andy (Ellen Marchese)

NUMBER OF SERVICEO-744732  
AGE26 yo
DATE OF BIRTH12 May 1918
Denver, City and county of Denver, COLORADO 
ENLISTMENT STATEMuleshoe, TEXAS  
FAMILY

Parents : Glen T & Ethel C Overbaugh 

RANK
Captain Capitaine
FONCTIONPilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTFarmer TX
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 16 October 1940 
 SQUADRON524th Fighter Squadron  
 GROUP27th Fighter Group  
ARMY12th Air Force  
DATE OF DEATH11 September 1944 

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Source : Andy

STATUSDNB
PLACE OF DEATHNotre-Dame-de-le-Salette, commune de Leyrieu 
PLAN DE VOL / FLIGHT PLAN

B-25 "Mitchell" type D-25 - s/n 42-87440

Luynes Cemetery

Mission: Transport of personnel
Take-off: Salon-de-Provence Y-16 field
Crash: then in the approach phase of the Loyettes runway (01), the aircraft struck a nearby hill due to thick fog.

The aircraft struck a chapel and all the passengers died. 

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  Luynes Cemetery, Aix-En-Provance N°3551

Luynes Cemetery

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

CEMETERYRHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan

Map of Rhône American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
B225
DECORATION

Distinguished Flying Cross

Air Medal (with 3 oak leaf custers)

European African Middle Eastern Campaing Medal

World War II Victory Medal 

Brevet Pilot

 

dfc

am + 3 olc

EAMECampaign

victory medal

 
 
usaf 12 af 27_Fighter_Group
STORY
Glen_Maltby_portrait.jpgCpt. Glen MALTBY in 1944
(source : Andy)   		 

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Commemorative plaque recalling the names of the 15 passengers of the B-25 having crashed on the hill of Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette on September 11, 1944, it is arranged on one of the walls of the chapel.
(source : Andy)

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Certificate of delivery of the DFC to Cpt. MALTBY
(source : archives.gov)

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Certificate of delivery of the DFC to Cpt. MALTBY
(source : archives.gov) 

 

Crew of B-25 "Mitchell" type D-25 - s/n 42-87440

 

Mr Harry J CONLEY Passenger Civil Dead  Technician of the Sté Pratt&Whitney
Mr Arthur H TOWLER Passenger Civil Dead   Technician of the Sté Republic Aviation
Cpl John W Jr UTKEWICH Passenger USAAF Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan (83)  11052366 - 523rd FS - Boston, Massachusetts
Cpl Lawrence K WECKEL Passenger USAAF Dead Inconnu 16141105 - 523rd FS - Born to 1921 - Rock Island, Illinois
1Lt Peter L WHELAN Passenger USAAF Dead Inconnu O-562334 - HQ
Cpl Harry WILNER Passenger USAAF Dead Inconnu 32502138 - 523rd FS - New York
Capt Glen Thurston MALTBY Pilot USAAF Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan (83) O-744732 - DFC/AM+3 - 524th FS - 26 yo - Denver, Colorado
S/Sgt Thomas F GILLMORE Mechanic USAAF Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan (83)  37013182 - 522nd FS - 27 yo -  Iowa  - Son of  Willis W et Celia S Gillmore - Kansas
S/Sgt Carl L Jr WILLIAMS Passenger USAAF Dead Inconnu 13041183 - Né 27/07/1907 - 523rd FS - Illinois
T/Sgt Frank W SOBIERAJSKI Passenger USAAF Dead Riverside Cem. Rochester, Monroe Co, New York USA - S.Vet.120 12030770 - HQ - 23 yo - Monroe, New York
Cpl Vernon J HERBERT Passenger USAAF Dead Olive Branch Cem. Harrisville, Ohio 33276525 - 523rd FS - Born to 1918 - Allegheny, Pennsylvania
S/Sgt James T LEE Radio USAAF Dead Camp Butler Nat Cem. Springfield, Illinois 16036606 - 522nd FS - Cook, Illinois
Cpl Stuart E MATHER Passenger USAAF Dead Pine Grove Cem. WW2.B.3 - Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts 31224021 - 523rd FS - Born to 28/11/1916 - Son of Charles E et Jennie Mather - Essex, Massachusetts 
Cpl Kurt D MEYER Passenger USAAF Dead Home Cem. Greenfield, Wisconsin 16048198 - HQ - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Cpl Peter ROBERTS Passenger USAAF Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan (83)  36325554 - HQ - Illinois
SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTOVictor DANIEL - abmc.gov - archives.gov - fold.com - ancestry.com - fr.findagrave.com - francecrashes39-45
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