Serviceman

Walter L Glass

Play his story on the map built from his record

Army serial number

W-2118915

Rank

WOJG (27 October 1943), WOJG (26 November 1943), WOJG (20 April 1944), WOJG (23 April 1944), CAPT (1 November 1944), CAPT (1 March 1945), MAJ (26 May 1945), MAY (6 September 1945)

Hometown

SLINGERLANDS NY; Slingerlands NY; Albany NY; Albany, NY

Also written

Walter Glass

In the book

Heroes of the 483rd, p. 77

Sources

483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org

Crews

• Walter L. Glass, Jr. Crew, pilot · 815th

Missions placed on him

• mission 101, 7 October 1944 · Lobau · The Walter L. Glass, Jr. crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 77)

A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.

Awards

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Morning reports

4 entries, first 27 October 1943, last 23 April 1944; grades seen: WOJG. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

• 1943-10-27 HQ: Dy to DS, Cryptographic Security Sch SLCU 37133181 Lofland (929) Pvt
• 1943-11-26 HQ: DS Cryptographic Security Sch to dy
• 1944-04-20 815th: Fr dy to temp dy with 5th 19 Apr 44, APO #520.
• 1944-04-23 815th: Fr temp dy with 5th Wg Hq APO #520 to dy. 12 O's and 18 EM fr DS trfd to 2nd Bomb Gp

National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 614, roll 456415616 p. 694, roll 469121524 p. 694, roll 469121524 p. 697

Statements, mentions and histories

• 3 more statements from MACR 13247 are on the loss record.