U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-423816

Enlistment Date: 12/30/1940 with Service No. #18038188

388th Bomb Squadron, 312th Bomb Group

Glenn H. Cathcart, Jr. is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Tarrant County, Texas.

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 lists form signed for by G. H. Cathcart, 5204 Collinwood, Fort Worth, Texas on 11/22/1948.

Information below gleaned from: https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/p-40/42-105909.html

P-40N-5-CU Warhawk Serial Number 42-105909

Pilot: Captain Glenn H. Cathcart, Jr., O-423816 (KIA, BR) Fort Worth, TX

Crashed: January 15, 1944

MACR: None

Mission History: On January 15, 1944 at 9:00am took off from Gusap Airfield pilot Captain Glenn H. Cathcart, Jr. (388th Squadron Operations Officer) leading "Red Flight" on a morning patrol with P-40N pilot Major William Kemble, P-40N pilot 2nd Lt. William B. Hollingshead and P-40N pilot John W. Reisbig.

Meanwhile, a formation of elven Ki-43 Oscars from 59th Hiko Sentai led by Captain Shigeo Nango patrolling over Ramu Valley spotted four P-40s and used cloud cover to maneuver to intercept and managed to attack catching them by surprise and caused their formation to disperse.

During the dog fight, Nango fired on P-40N pilot John W. Reisbig damaging the plane and forcing him to dive away. Next, Nango fired on P-40N pilot 2nd Lt. William B. Hollingshead who turned to the right and dove away but was able to radio Cathcart warning him of the fighters.

During the dog fight, Cathcart attempted to turn to engage the attacking "Zeros" [sic Ki-43 Oscars] but was hit by gunfire from Nango's wingman and he was likely unconscious or dead before his plane crash roughly five miles northeast of Kaigulan near Dumpu. Cathcart became the first combat loss of the 388th Bombardment Squadron. On the ground, the crash was observed by the Australian Army, 6th Machine Gun Battalion at Gusap Airfield.

Afterwards, the three damaged P-40s managed to land at Gusap Airfield with 2nd Lt. William B. Hollingshead force landed. The surviving pilots believed they were attacked by only three planes.

Recovery of Remains: After the crash, a Piper cub landed nearby to recover the remains of the pilot. Postwar, his remains were transported to the United States for permanent burial.

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***I would like to thank Kenneth & Carolyn Find A Grave ID 46788418 for creating this memorial***

***I would like to thank James Durham Find A Grave ID 46994633 for adding his photo of Glenn to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Debbie Gibbons Find A Grave ID 46921763 for adding her gravesite photos to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Shawn McGreevy Find A Grave ID 47382209 for adding her photo to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Kenneth Parrish Find A Grave ID 47004583 for updating the plot information on this memorial***