[From myoakwoodcemetery.com]
Captain William C. Glasgow served in the US Air Force during World War II from 1942-1945. He flew more than 80 missions in Europe and Africa during his wartime service. On his last mission, Capt. Glasgow was injured when his plane was shot down, resulting in his capture by enemy forces. He escaped and was re-captured. This time, he was sent to a hospital behind enemy lines. There, he escaped for a second time. It took him 12 days to rejoin his unit.
Captain Glasgow returned to the US to serve out the rest of his military career. While performing for a US Bond Drive Air Show, he was piloting an experimental aircraft, the XP-55. In front of more than 70,000 people at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, he narrowly avoided the grandstands, which were full of spectators, and slammed into an approaching automobile. Four of the five people in the car were killed along with Captain Glasgow. His body was sent back to his hometown of Niagara Falls, NY and buried with full military honors in Oakwood Cemetery.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE FROM OAKWOOD CEMETERY HERE: http://myoakwoodcemetery.com/oakwood-cemetery/2013/9/10/world-war-ii-us-air-force-captain-william-c-glasgow.html
[From Niagara-Gazette.com]
A portrait of Capt. William C. Glasgow was hung at the Niagara Aerospace Museum on Saturday afternoon.
Glasgow, from Niagara Falls, was a fighter pilot and test pilot. He died in 1945 when his Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender aircraft crashed at Wright Air Base (now Wright-Patterson) in Ohio during an air show to raise money for war bonds.
READ FULL NIAGARA GAZETTE ARTICLE HERE: http://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/communities/article_6e9a52a1-0bf6-5b17-963e-679ab7994123.html
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