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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,485 posts)
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 09:24 PM Jan 2019

Glenn Miller's Airplane Possibly Found Decades After Famed Bandleader Vanished During WWII

On Dec. 15, 1944, famed American bandleader Glenn Miller walked across Twinwood Farm airfield in southeast England, climbed into the passenger seat of a UC-64A Norseman light aircraft and set off for France.

With WWII still raging across Europe, Miller — the hottest recording artist of his era — was preparing to play a concert for weary Allied troops, performing his hits like “In the Mood” and “Moonlight Serenade.”

Tragically, it was a show he would never make. Somewhere between England and Northern France, Miller and the Norseman vanished. To date, not a single trace of the musician or the aircraft has ever been discovered. Alongside the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, it remains one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history.

However, the mystery may be solved thanks to a retired trawlerman from England who is “utterly convinced” he pulled up the wreck of Miller’s aircraft in his fishing nets 32 years ago.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/glenn-millers-airplane-possibly-found-decades-after-famed-bandleader-vanished-during-wwii/ar-BBSffU9?li=BBnb7Kz

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Glenn Miller's Airplane Possibly Found Decades After Famed Bandleader Vanished During WWII (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2019 OP
I never realized that he was never found! FarPoint Jan 2019 #1
I never knew he went missing like that Roland99 Jan 2019 #3
Such a tragedy! smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #2

FarPoint

(12,486 posts)
1. I never realized that he was never found!
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 09:27 PM
Jan 2019

I look forward to hearing more about this 30 year old claim that the wreckage was discovered ...or whatever...

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
2. Such a tragedy!
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 10:43 PM
Jan 2019

Glenn Miller was my favorite big band leader. Closely followed by a number of others, but he was a legend. Just a few of my favorites...







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