[Dixielandjazz] Alternate "Story" About Glenn Miller's Demise?

[Kay Spencer]

Martin,
   
  Apparently there are almost as many myths/legends about Miller's death as there are about Elvis.  The shortest explanation of the mystery is this excerpt from the US News website at www.usnews.com :
   
   
  
Glenn Miller
1904-1944. American bandleader and composer. 
  OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH: Flying to Paris to plan a Christmas concert for the troops, he crashed in the English Channel in a dense fog. The Nazis claimed Miller's death in a Paris brothel was covered up by the Allies. No one believed them.   BUT: An RAF logbook shows a fighter jettisoned unused bombs, accidentally hitting a plane. Was it Miller's? 
   
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  Kay Spencer
   
   
  

Martin Nichols <marnichols at yahoo.com> wrote:
  Listmates,

I heard a story from one of my fellow patients at the local
cardiac "rehab" place this week. It was an alternative to the
story of Miller's plane disappearing on a flight, and presumed
lost with Miller on board. I won't repeat the details of this
"other version" lest it be untrue. I only wonder if anyone
has ever heard of another credible story of Glenn Miller's
death?

Marty Nichols
Freelance Trombonist 
http://myspace.com/freemarty