Name:
Homer Glenn Collier
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
37312824
Unit:
406th Bomber Squadron, 801st Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1961-09-28
State:
North Dakota
Cemetery:
Prairie Home Cemetery, North Dakota
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:
SSgt Homer Glenn Collier, right waist gunner of the B-24 Liberator 42-63798, took off from station 179 Harrington, Northamptonshire, UK at 2158 on a mission to resupply the French underground with weapons and supplies. The plane was shot down by German AA fire over Gilly-sur-Loire. The crew finished bailing out at 5000 feet, leaving the plane to crash and burn at 0110. SSgt Collier fought in the battle of Mt Mouchet in June 1944 before escaping back to the UK per E&E report #2065.