Deadfall

I grew up in Glasgow, Montana. During world War II, Glasgow was the site of a satellite B-17 bomber training base. When they left, it became Glasgow’s airport. My parents used to talk about the days when the young pilots would buzz the Nurses who lived in the Nurses Home across the street from us. I somehow got the impression this guy fell out while waving to his girlfriend. That seems unlikely if he wound up in a field 10 miles away.

Glasgow Courier May 13, 1943
Clinton H. Jackson fell out of a B-17 near Glasgow, Montana
My parents said they used to buzz the Nurses Home across the street from us.
Sgt Clinton Harding Jackson
1920-1943

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5468094/clinton-harding-jackson

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Published by thillld

Retired. History Buff. Amateur Poet

2 thoughts on “Deadfall

  1. unless he hung on for a long time! Chances are the buzzing and the falling were separate events. I don’t remember the nurses home.

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