Robert Marshall Glass
December 17, 1920 – January 24, 1955
Class: 44-I-l-SE
Graduation Date: 10/16/1944
Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 100th Fighter Squadron
Service # T66403

Already a qualified pilot, Robert Marshall Glass was one of the highly skilled and committed young men to join the 332nd Fighter Group of the Tuskegee Airmen.

Glass was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology with a degree in mechanical engineering.

Glass signed up at Tuskegee Army Air Field on January 28, 1943, and attended cadet school at Tuskegee. Charles “Chief” Anderson was one of his flying instructors at Tuskegee and Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., was his commanding officer.

Glass served his country in World War II and during the Korean Conflict. He was a senior pilot, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, EAME Campaign medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation and the National Defense Service medal. His last duty station was at Wright Air Development Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

At the time of his death, Captain Glass was at the Air Command Staff School, Maxwell Air Force Base. His name is inscribed on the Memorial Honor Roll of the Air Force, Air Force Aid Society, Washington, D.C.

Visit the Red Tail Virtual Museum to see some of his artifacts.

Sources: Nps.gov

 

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