Military Service:
Service Number: C/87159
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 429 Sqdn.
Honours and Awards:
Distinguished Flying Medal
Pilot Officer / Flight Engineer.
He enlisted in Galt, Ontario on Jan 31, 1942.
Harry earned the Distinguished Flying Medal for extinguishing a fire aboard his Halifax bomber while being attacked by two enemy night fighters during a raid on Nuremburg. He also assisted members of the crew aboard the dinghy when the pilot had to ditch close to the enemy coast. They spent 10 hours on the water before being rescued.
Later that year, Harry was lost when his Halifax LW 132, which was proceeding to a target in Chantilly, France, went down in flames and fell into the sea at Little Hampton, England.
Son of Joseph B. Glass and Esther (nee Ruminick) Glass, of Toronto, Ontario.
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Cenotaph here
Service Number: C/87159
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 429 Sqdn.
Honours and Awards:
Distinguished Flying Medal
Pilot Officer / Flight Engineer.
He enlisted in Galt, Ontario on Jan 31, 1942.
Harry earned the Distinguished Flying Medal for extinguishing a fire aboard his Halifax bomber while being attacked by two enemy night fighters during a raid on Nuremburg. He also assisted members of the crew aboard the dinghy when the pilot had to ditch close to the enemy coast. They spent 10 hours on the water before being rescued.
Later that year, Harry was lost when his Halifax LW 132, which was proceeding to a target in Chantilly, France, went down in flames and fell into the sea at Little Hampton, England.
Son of Joseph B. Glass and Esther (nee Ruminick) Glass, of Toronto, Ontario.
~
Cenotaph here
Military Service:
Service Number: C/87159
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 429 Sqdn.
Honours and Awards:
Distinguished Flying Medal
Pilot Officer / Flight Engineer.
He enlisted in Galt, Ontario on Jan 31, 1942.
Harry earned the Distinguished Flying Medal for extinguishing a fire aboard his Halifax bomber while being attacked by two enemy night fighters during a raid on Nuremburg. He also assisted members of the crew aboard the dinghy when the pilot had to ditch close to the enemy coast. They spent 10 hours on the water before being rescued.
Later that year, Harry was lost when his Halifax LW 132, which was proceeding to a target in Chantilly, France, went down in flames and fell into the sea at Little Hampton, England.
Son of Joseph B. Glass and Esther (nee Ruminick) Glass, of Toronto, Ontario.
~
Cenotaph here
Service Number: C/87159
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 429 Sqdn.
Honours and Awards:
Distinguished Flying Medal
Pilot Officer / Flight Engineer.
He enlisted in Galt, Ontario on Jan 31, 1942.
Harry earned the Distinguished Flying Medal for extinguishing a fire aboard his Halifax bomber while being attacked by two enemy night fighters during a raid on Nuremburg. He also assisted members of the crew aboard the dinghy when the pilot had to ditch close to the enemy coast. They spent 10 hours on the water before being rescued.
Later that year, Harry was lost when his Halifax LW 132, which was proceeding to a target in Chantilly, France, went down in flames and fell into the sea at Little Hampton, England.
Son of Joseph B. Glass and Esther (nee Ruminick) Glass, of Toronto, Ontario.
~
Cenotaph here
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