Co-Pilot, later Pilot 1st/Lt Glen W Rees KIA
Home: Box Elder County, Utah.
566th Bomb Squadron 389th Bomb Group USAAF
Service ID: O-742899
Awards: Air Medal with Oak leaf clusters, Purple Heart
Vaughan/Rees crew
Mission:Tutow
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: ?
Date Lost: 9-Apr-44
Serial Number: 42-99982
Aircraft Model B-24J-55-CO
Aircraft Letter: H+
Aircraft Name: MIGHT OF THE EIGHTH
Location: England
Cause: MID AIR COLLISION Weather - Fog 9KIA/2RTD
389th BG loses two aircraft. One is lost to flak, and one to a mid-air collision.
Lt Rees was Killed in action April 9 1944. B24 42-99982 "Might of the Eighth" Piloted by Lt Glen Rees while assembling at 7000 feet for mission to Tutow, Mid air collision occurred with a plane from another group during division assembly (392BG ). Reese was killed along with 9 other crew members. There were 2 survivors from Reese's plane and 2 survivors from the 392nd plane.
Lt Rees was one of the youngest pilots in the 389th Bomb Group. Rees was very popular with enlisted men as well as officers. He known affectionately as "Stumpy" and "The boy wonder of the 8th AF".
The 42-99982 crew killed in action:
1st/Lt Glen W. Rees Pilot KIA
1st/Lt Gilbert J. Pohl Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. John W. Galloway Navigator KIA
1st/Lt Don N. Di Cosol Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. John C. Dowdy Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. John Dorofachuk Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. Silas E. Olson Gunner/ Asst. Eng. KIA
T/Sgt. Quindo L. Gerome Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Bronislaus C. Pitak Gunner/Asst. Radio Op. KIA
Glen Alexander Reese and Maude Foster. They had a son, William Glen Reese b: 21 Jan 1922 in Mohrland, Emery County, UT
Home: Box Elder County, Utah.
566th Bomb Squadron 389th Bomb Group USAAF
Service ID: O-742899
Awards: Air Medal with Oak leaf clusters, Purple Heart
Vaughan/Rees crew
Mission:Tutow
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: ?
Date Lost: 9-Apr-44
Serial Number: 42-99982
Aircraft Model B-24J-55-CO
Aircraft Letter: H+
Aircraft Name: MIGHT OF THE EIGHTH
Location: England
Cause: MID AIR COLLISION Weather - Fog 9KIA/2RTD
389th BG loses two aircraft. One is lost to flak, and one to a mid-air collision.
Lt Rees was Killed in action April 9 1944. B24 42-99982 "Might of the Eighth" Piloted by Lt Glen Rees while assembling at 7000 feet for mission to Tutow, Mid air collision occurred with a plane from another group during division assembly (392BG ). Reese was killed along with 9 other crew members. There were 2 survivors from Reese's plane and 2 survivors from the 392nd plane.
Lt Rees was one of the youngest pilots in the 389th Bomb Group. Rees was very popular with enlisted men as well as officers. He known affectionately as "Stumpy" and "The boy wonder of the 8th AF".
The 42-99982 crew killed in action:
1st/Lt Glen W. Rees Pilot KIA
1st/Lt Gilbert J. Pohl Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. John W. Galloway Navigator KIA
1st/Lt Don N. Di Cosol Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. John C. Dowdy Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. John Dorofachuk Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. Silas E. Olson Gunner/ Asst. Eng. KIA
T/Sgt. Quindo L. Gerome Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Bronislaus C. Pitak Gunner/Asst. Radio Op. KIA
Glen Alexander Reese and Maude Foster. They had a son, William Glen Reese b: 21 Jan 1922 in Mohrland, Emery County, UT
Co-Pilot, later Pilot 1st/Lt Glen W Rees KIA
Home: Box Elder County, Utah.
566th Bomb Squadron 389th Bomb Group USAAF
Service ID: O-742899
Awards: Air Medal with Oak leaf clusters, Purple Heart
Vaughan/Rees crew
Mission:Tutow
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: ?
Date Lost: 9-Apr-44
Serial Number: 42-99982
Aircraft Model B-24J-55-CO
Aircraft Letter: H+
Aircraft Name: MIGHT OF THE EIGHTH
Location: England
Cause: MID AIR COLLISION Weather - Fog 9KIA/2RTD
389th BG loses two aircraft. One is lost to flak, and one to a mid-air collision.
Lt Rees was Killed in action April 9 1944. B24 42-99982 "Might of the Eighth" Piloted by Lt Glen Rees while assembling at 7000 feet for mission to Tutow, Mid air collision occurred with a plane from another group during division assembly (392BG ). Reese was killed along with 9 other crew members. There were 2 survivors from Reese's plane and 2 survivors from the 392nd plane.
Lt Rees was one of the youngest pilots in the 389th Bomb Group. Rees was very popular with enlisted men as well as officers. He known affectionately as "Stumpy" and "The boy wonder of the 8th AF".
The 42-99982 crew killed in action:
1st/Lt Glen W. Rees Pilot KIA
1st/Lt Gilbert J. Pohl Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. John W. Galloway Navigator KIA
1st/Lt Don N. Di Cosol Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. John C. Dowdy Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. John Dorofachuk Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. Silas E. Olson Gunner/ Asst. Eng. KIA
T/Sgt. Quindo L. Gerome Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Bronislaus C. Pitak Gunner/Asst. Radio Op. KIA
Glen Alexander Reese and Maude Foster. They had a son, William Glen Reese b: 21 Jan 1922 in Mohrland, Emery County, UT
Home: Box Elder County, Utah.
566th Bomb Squadron 389th Bomb Group USAAF
Service ID: O-742899
Awards: Air Medal with Oak leaf clusters, Purple Heart
Vaughan/Rees crew
Mission:Tutow
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: ?
Date Lost: 9-Apr-44
Serial Number: 42-99982
Aircraft Model B-24J-55-CO
Aircraft Letter: H+
Aircraft Name: MIGHT OF THE EIGHTH
Location: England
Cause: MID AIR COLLISION Weather - Fog 9KIA/2RTD
389th BG loses two aircraft. One is lost to flak, and one to a mid-air collision.
Lt Rees was Killed in action April 9 1944. B24 42-99982 "Might of the Eighth" Piloted by Lt Glen Rees while assembling at 7000 feet for mission to Tutow, Mid air collision occurred with a plane from another group during division assembly (392BG ). Reese was killed along with 9 other crew members. There were 2 survivors from Reese's plane and 2 survivors from the 392nd plane.
Lt Rees was one of the youngest pilots in the 389th Bomb Group. Rees was very popular with enlisted men as well as officers. He known affectionately as "Stumpy" and "The boy wonder of the 8th AF".
The 42-99982 crew killed in action:
1st/Lt Glen W. Rees Pilot KIA
1st/Lt Gilbert J. Pohl Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. John W. Galloway Navigator KIA
1st/Lt Don N. Di Cosol Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. John C. Dowdy Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. John Dorofachuk Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. Silas E. Olson Gunner/ Asst. Eng. KIA
T/Sgt. Quindo L. Gerome Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Bronislaus C. Pitak Gunner/Asst. Radio Op. KIA
Glen Alexander Reese and Maude Foster. They had a son, William Glen Reese b: 21 Jan 1922 in Mohrland, Emery County, UT
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