Klarinet Archive - Posting 000093.txt from 2002/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Glenn Miller`s disappearance
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 07:51:41 -0500

At 09:17 PM 1/3/2002 -0600, Tony Wakefield wrote:
> I find that interesting. On a local documentary over here, one of his old
>bandmembers stated that it was strongly suspected that a Nazi agent
>sabataged his plane. They (the Nazis) were having problems keeping young
>Germans from secretly listening to his music. It was reaching more German
>ears then other Allied broadcasts.

Possible, but, again, unlikely. Of course, they did TRY to reach the Nazi
soldiers. I have recordings of the programs they recorded specifically for
broadcast to German soldiers, with a German-speaking hostess and Miller
struggling to speak bad phonetic German.

The pilot was out of his mind to attempt the crossing in a plane with no
de-icing equipment in the conditions of that day. Virtually all OTHER
flights were grounded. And as much as Miller HATED flying, he made a
serious error in judgement to go, partly in response to a dare.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
451 Old Orchard Drive
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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