1943 WW2 WWll MIA Postal Telegraph Found Western Union Letter POW Escapee

Description: Postal Telegraph reads: 1943 AUG 28 AM 8 15 “I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT THE COMMANDING GENERAL MIDDLE EASTERN AREA REPORTS YOUR HUSBAND STAFF SERGEANT GLENN C HICKERSON MISSING IN ACTION SINCE SIXTEEN AUGUST IF FURTHER DETAILS OR OTHER INFORMATION OF HIS STATUS ARE RECEIVED YOU WILL BE PROMPTLY NOTIFIED= ULIO THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.” Western Union reads: 1943 NOV 3 PM 12 49 “AM PLEASED TO INFORM YOU REPORT RECEIVED STATES YOUR HUSBAND STAFF SERGEANT GLENN C HICKERSON WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING IN ACTION RETURNED TO DUTY THIRTY SEPTEMBER= ULIO THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.” GunnerS/Sgt. Glenn C. Hickerson DFC POW Hometown: Lone Wolf, Okla. Squadron: 506th BS 44th Bomb Group Awards: Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart Pilot 1st/Lt. Horace W. Austin DFC Target: Airfield at Foggia Missing Air Crew Report Details USAAF MACR#: Date Lost: 16-Aug-43 Serial Number:42-40778 Aircraft Model B-24 Aircraft Letter: T Aircraft Name: SOUTHERN COMFORT Location: Italy Cause: Crew of 9 2KIA 7POW Notes: After "Operation Tidal Wave" the 44th BG remained in North Africa to support the Sicily invasion. This crew again flying SOUTHERN COMFORT was lost on 16 Aug 1943 on a mission to the airfields at Foggia, Italy. Several of the crewman taken POW escaped. Sgt. Hickerson was a veteran of "Operation Tidal Wave " one of the most daring raids of the war. Coming in at tree top level Lt. Austin and crew of SOUTHERN COMFORT with the flying Eight Balls, destroy Romanian oil refineries. The 44th earns Presidential Unit Citation, all of the crews receive the Distinguished Flying Cross Valor. Letters are in good condition. They are soft and thin.

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