Glen Allen Holland, Jr

1919 - 1944  (24 years)

• Name	Glen Allen Holland
  Suffix	Jr
  Born	01 Aug 1919	Chicago, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Apr 1944	Gross-Beckmann, Warendorf, North Westfalen, Germany
  Notes	F/L Glen Holland (J7917) was declared 'missing in action' on April 21, 1944 while serving as a RCAF pilot in RAF 605 Squadron, based in Manston, Kent, England. This squadron was a so-called 'intruder' squadron and at the time of his death was armed with Mosquito aircraft. He is buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery at Kleve, Germany.
  Person ID	I4267	Cullen family tree
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Glen Allen Holland,   b. 15 Sep 1894, Indiana ,   d. Jul 1980, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Dorothy Jane Rauen,   b. 26 Apr 1899, Chicago, Illinois ,   d. Sep 1981, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania  (Age 82 years)
  Married	04 Apr 1917	Lake, Indiana   [1]
  Family ID	F1796	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucy Claire Mary Turner,   b. 19 Nov 1918, Ottawa, Ontario ,   d. 30 May 2009, Vancouver, BC  (Age 90 years)
  Married	18 Jul 1942	Notre Dame de Lourdes, Cyrville, Ontario   [2]
  Family ID	F2067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Glen Allen Holland Official Service Record photo 1943
  		Lucy & Happy Holland Trenton 1942
  		Mosquito pilots and navigators 36 Operational Training Unit, Greenwood, Nova Scotia, 1943 Happy Holland, front row left and Roger Wilkinson, back row left
  		Happy Holland October 7 1941 No. 4 Service Flying Training School, Saskatoon Happy is front row 6th from the left.
  		Happy Holland October 7 1941 No. 4 Service Flying Training School at Saskatoon; Happy Holland is front row 7th from left
  		Happy Holland, back row 5th from the left, probably at Rockcliffe air base 1943
  		Lucy, Happy & Terry Hart 1942
  		Happy Holland at World's Fair, New York 1940

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Turner - Holland marriage Cyrville Ontario 1942
  		Glen Holland birth certificate Chicago, August 1, 1919
  		Holland, Glen excerpt from "Those Other Eagles" pages 275-276
  		Correspondence with John Rhodes 2007 John Rhodes was a colleague of Happy Holland in RAF 605 squadron from late 1943 to April 1944.
  		Glen Holland excerpt from American Nightfighter Aces of WW2
  		Glen Holland - 'A' Flight with Ground Crew at Bradwell Bay, Kent in March 1944 Happy Holland is shown with his fellow officers and NCOs at RAF Bradwell Bay
  		Glen Holland - Bradwell Bay, Kent, 605 Squadron Aircrew with senior NCOs, ground crew Happy Holland is shown with his fellow officers and NCOs at RAF Bradwell Bay

  
  

  Histories

  Holland, Glen Allen (Happy) (1919-1944) Happy Holland came by his nickname honestly – he was happy-go-lucky with a standout personality to match. He was an ace Mosquito pilot in WWII who died in a mid-air collision in 1944. Excerpt from A Melding of Cultures Ancestors of George Turner and Bernadette Joanis Volume 1 Our Turners: Canadian Transportation Pioneers, Mark Cullen, Vancouver, 2013, Appendix 6, pp 243-252

  
  

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• Sources

  [S148] Familysearch.org, Indiana Marriages 1811-1959, #38472, page 3. [S15] Notre Dame de Lourdes de Cyrville 1873 - 1985, SocieteFranco-Ontarienne d'Histoire et de Genealogie 1986, 43.