Plt Off S M Glasgow 76 Sqn
 

Has anyone got any career details on this Rear Gunner who was on the sqn 1942? Could be S N Glasgow?

Re: Plt Off S M Glasgow 76 Sqn
 

Checked again. Possibly Sydney M Glasgow. Still on the Sqn in November 1942

Re: Plt Off S M Glasgow 76 Sqn
 

Could only find two(2) S.Glasgow airmen in the Air 78 files.
S.Glasgow - 281649
and
S, Glasgow - 344267

From the 1942 September, Air Force List there is ( as far as I could find) only one
P/O /F/O. J, G, Glasgow - 79892.

From the Squadron ORB's this airman seems to begin as S,N, Glasgow but later becomes S, M, Glasgow, so maybe a typo error made at some time caused the change ?

Flew as TG, in DT556, "A" a few times.

Maybe your man was from the Commonwealth ?

Re: Plt Off S M Glasgow 76 Sqn
 

Thanks Alex. Same conclusions as me. Not RAAF so possibly RCAF or RNZAF

Re: Plt Off S M Glasgow 76 Sqn
 

Hello,

Help, or hindrance?

A grab from Paul Tweddle's, Into The Night Sky: RAF Middleton St George: A Bomber Airfield at War (2007), concerning the op to Dusseldorf on 31 July/1 Aug 1942 (BCL3/171).

Quote:

"The late take-off was fortunately smooth and professional and after an hour or so of steady flying Waite had settled down nicely and was concentrating on the job in hand. The American drawl of his rear gunner, Plt Off Sam Glasgow, then broke into his ears informing him of the presence of an unidentified aircraft 1,000 yards astern."

Col.

Re: Plt Off S M Glasgow 76 Sqn
 

Thanks Col; so RCAF

Re: Plt Off S M Glasgow 76 Sqn
 

Chris. SM Glasgow A/G J-8795
Regards, Richard

Re: Plt Off S M Glasgow 76 Sqn
 

Hello,

OBITUARY.

http://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/...ry?id=27503782

Col.

Re: Plt Off S M Glasgow 76 Sqn
 

Presume this might be his son?


Sam M Glasgow. 109 Creekside Ln, Spring Mills, PA 16875. 814-422-0359


My interest is that Plt Off Glasgow shot down the first Ju 88C-6 in Aug 42

Re: Plt Off S M Glasgow 76 Sqn
 

He wrote his kid brother about the event.

Made the papers.

https://www.newspapers.com/article/t...mes/153862878/

Re: Plt Off S M Glasgow 76 Sqn
 

Most interesting. The mid-upper who was killed was Sgt John McAuley and the Halifax so badly damaged that the crew baled out after crossing the East Anglian Coast and crashed near Stock in Essex. The Ju 88C-6 Glasgow possibly shot down was flown by Hptm Herbert Boensch Gr Kdr III./NJG 2 which then crashed at Pootugaal 0125hrs killing him and his crew

Re: Plt Off S M Glasgow 76 Sqn
 

Update is I have just received an email from his son so success!