Glen graduated with the Class of 42-H

Assigned to 364th FS, 357th FG in P-51Bs  He was based in Leiston in early 1944.  Between 05 Mar 1944 and 16 Mar 1944 a period of 11 days, He scored 5.5 air to air victories.  His first two victories were confirmed on 03 March 44, 2 Fw-200K bombers over France.  On 04 March 44, Glen shot down an Me-110 and got a piece of a Fw-190.  His next confirmed was again a shared Fw-190 on 05 Mar 44.  By the 16th of March, he'd added an Me-109 and a piece of an Me-110 to bring him ace status with 5.5 confirmed air to air kills.  

On 28 April 1944 he lost his engine, and had to bail out over France. Glen had the last word with the Luftwaffe as he managed to conclude his scoring with 7.5 kills earlier in the month by downing an Me-109 and a Fw-190.  He rubbed it in by evading the Germans with the help of the French Underground and making it back to England by early September.  Sitting out the war in a Stalag Luft, was not part of his itinerary fortunately, unlike his unlucky brethern who ended up going down on the wrong side of the front lines.

Glen makes it to most of our meetings whenever possible.   We have charged him with keeping our Marine Corps Brothers from claiming they won the war all by themselves.   We might add that the fame of being an ace in a Fighter Group famous for producing aces, like Kit Carson, Bud Anderson, Chuck Yeager et al, and having one's exploits so publicly available has not increased Glen's hat size one bit.

We have to take his word for it as it has been rumored that all of Glen's caps have adjustable size bands.     Next