Glenn Miller

GLENN MILLER d1944. American jazz musician arranger, composer and legendary bandleader of the swing era. One of the world's best-selling recording artists (between 1939 to 1943) whilst he was leading one of the best known of the famous Big Bands. Miller's signature recordings include ; In The Mood / American Patrol / Chattanooga Choo Choo / Tuxedo Junction / Moonlight Serenade / Little Brown Jug and Pennsylvania 6-5000. On December 15th 1944, he was to fly from the United Kingdom to Paris France to play for the soldiers there. His plane (a single-engined UC-64 Norseman USAAF serial 44-70285) departed from Clapham Bedfordshire and disappeared while flying over the English Channel. No trace of the aircrew, passengers or plane has ever been found and Glenn Miller's actual status remains "Missing In Action". There are several theories about what could have mysteriously happened to Miller's plane, including the suggestion that he might have been hit by Royal Air Force bombs after an abortive raid on Germany. One hundred and thirty-eight Lancaster bombers, short on fuel, jettisoned approximately 100,000 incendiaries in a designated area before landing back in the UK. The logbook of Royal Air Force navigator Fred Shaw recorded that he had seen a small, single-engined monoplane spiraling out of control and crashing into the water