Mystery Solved?! "Big Band" leader Glen Miller was most likely killed by friendly fire says documentary.

December 15, 2001 10:16 AM

Mystery Solved?! "Big Band" leader Glen Miller was most likely killed by friendly fire says documentary. "Documentary-makers believe that a fleet of 139 Lancaster bombers returning on the fateful night from an abortive mission over Nazi Germany dumped their payload into the English Channel -- and right onto Miller's plane."
posted by dgeiser13 (4 comments total)

I'd heard that explanation before, and it seems pretty logical to me. Of course, there are stories of people seeing Miller in Paris a day later, but I'm willing to believe mistaken identity or fanciful recollection.
posted by Grum at 10:37 AM on December 15, 2001

Here's the Guardian article upon which the Reuter's article is based.
posted by Owen Boswarva at 11:46 AM on December 15, 2001

Yes, as it states, this explanation has been around since the airman first went public about it in 1956 (I first heard it almost 20 years ago -- I had no idea then that it wasn't new). I don't know that we can call it solved, but in the absence of evidence for anything else, it certainly sounds plausible.
posted by dhartung at 12:00 PM on December 15, 2001

damn that benny goodman!
posted by quonsar at 4:36 PM on December 15, 2001