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Alton Glen "Glenn" Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) was an American big band conductor, arranger, composer, trombone player, and recording artist before and during World War II, when he was an officer in the US Army Air Forces. [1]
Per a BBC report, TIGHAR's interest in Glenn Miller was inspired by a fisherman's claims that he caught a plane wreck in his nets, then released it. Although TIGHAR has failed to independently corroborate the claims to date, and have not seen or verified the wreck, they maintain that there is a possibility that the reported debris could be ...
Crash site Cause/circumstances Aaliyah: United States 2001 Actress, singer, and model Cessna 402: Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, The Bahamas Maximum takeoff weight of airplane substantially exceeded, pilot under the influence of cocaine and alcohol. [1] Michael J. Adams: United States 1967 test pilot X-15 Flight 3-65-97: Randsburg, California ...
The Glenn Miller Memorial Weekend, in Bedford, will mark the 80th anniversary of the day he boarded an aircraft at RAF Twinwood Airfield, in nearby Clapham, never to be seen again.
Glenn Miller kept playing outdoors at various U.K. bases through October until the cold weather set in. Then, a few months later, on Dec. 15, he boarded a small plane, a Norsemen, along with two ...
May 4—The Armed Forces Day celebration this Friday and Saturday got me to thinking about how our nation's military has sometimes been sang about in popular song. Of course World War II saw a ...
The Glenn Miller Story is a 1954 American biographical film about the eponymous American band-leader, directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart in their second non-western collaboration. Plot
Died: Laird Cregar, 31, American stage and film actor (heart attack following complications from a crash diet) December 10, 1944 (Sunday) ... Died: Glenn Miller, ...