Just how did Glenn Miller die?

[Guest Space Thing]

How Did Glenn Miller Die?

By Graham W. Birdsall

For those who like a mystery, particularly of an aviation ilk, the following story should fit the bill!

Ever wondered why the United States allows Hollywood to alter history? Hereís a short, but nonetheless fascinating article concerning a missing aircraft who carried a famous passenger. Somehow, one couldnít see James Stewart accepting the role of Glenn Miller had he been made aware of the following facts...ÝÝ

It was the winter of 1944 and the Allies were continuing to push towards the Rhine and heartland of Hitlerís evil Nazi empire.

The Normandy landings on 6 June that year had paved the way for liberating much of France and its capital, Paris.

Air corridors between Britain and France had been secured to allow flights to and from that part of mainland Europe to journey without fighter escort.

For one man in particular, the absence of enemy aircraft provided an opportunity to travel to Paris where he could continue to bring pleasure to thousands of troops and civilians in his own inimitable style.

Captain Glenn Miller, aged 40, was one of the worldís most successful big band leaders of the 1940s and at the height of his career.

He had already given 71 concerts to more than 250,000 troops when he left for France with just the pilot and another passenger on 15 December 1944.

DISASTER STRIKES

Miller boarded a single-engine Norseman aircraft at RAF Twinwoods, near Bedford, and was due to play a series of concerts in France.

According to the US military announcement less than 24 hours later, Captain Millerís flight never arrived, and he was presumed lost over the English Channel.

News of his death sent shock waves around the world, and it was particularly felt back home in the United States, where Miller had sprung to fame with such memorable hits as Moonlight Serenade, In the Mood and A String of Pearls.

Such was Millerís impact on the musical gender of that era, post-war Hollywood later immortalised him in The Glenn Miller Story, with the late James Stewart playing the lead role, trombone and all.

ENTER DR. ULFKOTTE

While researching material for a book entitled Classified Matters, German researcher Dr. Udo Ulfkotte stumbled across US secret service files which shed new light on Glenn Millerís death.

The author has already caused a storm of controversy in Germany with revelations of high-ranking politicians in the former West Germany being photographed by intelligence operatives alongside known prostitutes.

Dr. Ulfkotte was researching in Washington when he came across hitherto classified documents which quoted US intelligence and military figures as being informed that Miller had died of a heart attack in the arms of a prostitute in Paris after collapsing on her bed.

Dr. Ulfkotte says that the files prove that Miller's family and the public were deceived.

It is a typical example of the cover-up of that period, he told the mass-circulation German publication Bild.

In 1985, British underwater diver Clive Ward, discovered a single-engine Norseman aircraft some six-and-a-half miles off the French coast. While many believed this to be Glenn Millerís aircraft, it had no registration number and there were no human remains either inside or in the surrounding area.

Historians have also pointed out that at no time was any distress call registered.

Unlike other legendary figures whose untimely deaths saw mile-long processions at the resultant funeral wake, for Glenn Millerís closest family members and friends, there was no body to mourn over, but his music lives on as venues around the world resound to themes which are instantly recognised and enjoyed by a new generation of fans.

Painful though the circumstances of his death must be to those who knew and loved him most, the real tragedy is that no one can be certain where Glenn Miller was finally laid to rest.

A final homecoming is long overdue...Ý

[Atlas]

Very interesting. I would like more verification before I submit completely to this story. However, I always found it strange that none of Miller's band-mates were on that plane that crashed into the channel. (Miller's song, "Little Brown Jug," - the one he dedicated to his wife - will never sound the same to me.)

[ArmchairKIA]

And did the pilot and other passenger die in the same whorehouse? (Note to self: Whorehouses are dangerous.)

cheers,

-gabe-

[Guest Space Thing]

Originally posted by ArmchairKIA:

And did the pilot and other passenger die in the same whorehouse? (Note to self: Whorehouses are dangerous.)

cheers,

-gabe-

Hey Gabe. Was there ever anyone else on that plane? Or was he by himself?

[Bruno Weiss]

ArmchairKIA, don't over react, only French whorehouses. I know of absolutely no DC-3 aircraft that have dissappeared in American whorehouses. Besides, you don't have to worry about hoof n mouth over here.

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"Gentlemen, you may be sure that of the three courses

open to the enemy, he will always choose the fourth."

-Field Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke, (1848-1916)

[Simon Fox]

Besides, you don't have to worry about hoof n mouth over here.

No, just foot in mouth

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"Stand to your glasses steady,

This world is a world of lies,

Here's a toast to the dead already,

And here's to the next man to die."

-hymn of the "Double Reds"

[Maximus]

I wasn't aware that he was dead. The last time I checked he was still working at a SAM's Warehouse and running a comics and gaming shop in my home town.

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[Stuka]

I thought he just got mauled to death by a herd of maneuvouroureoueourist hamsters.

[Chupacabra]

Originally posted by Bruno Weiss:

Besides, you don't have to worry about hoof n mouth over here.

According to MAFF you don't have to worry about it over here.

Well, okay, maybe a little.

But pay no attention to the sheep we're slaughtering! It's a...er...precautionary measure! Right!

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