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Note: H00298
Note: April 13, 1945 - Sergeant Hector A. Glotfelter, husband of Mrs. Hilda A. Glotfelter, 404 Parkway Schuylkill Haven, has been reported missing at sea on a routine aircraft flight on a P. D. airplane which took off from Charleston, South Carolina Army Airfield, Wednesday morning. A telegram from the War Department was delivered to his wife Friday morning. Sergeant Glotfelter's plane left the field at 7:09 in a formation flight and the only radio report received was at 10:45 when the formation broke up because of bad weather. The P. D. plane was last seen at 11:40 o'clock at about 2500 feet, climbing approximately 42 miles southeast of the base. A search by the Army Air Force and the Navy is being conducted and his wife has been informed that she will be notified on it's progress. Sergeant Glotfelter is about 28 years of age and is married to the former Hilda Mengle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Mengle, Sch. Haven. They are the parents of two young daughters, Anne Marie 6 and Sharon Lee 2. He entered the service in January 1944, with the air force and was employed at the Cressona plant while his family resided in Sch. Haven, they having moved to Uniontown several years ago. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. William Glotfelter at present living in Uniontown. His wife and two daughters are residing at the Mengle home at 404 Parkway.
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