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B-17 Flying Fortress
Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for 2nd Lieutenant Robert N Allen researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file contains copies of primary documents that discuss the return of personal effects, circumstances and causes of death, and memorialisation of the fallen airman. If you require access to the full, unedited file please contact Bill Beigel via his website, www.ww2research.com, or the AAM Team at aamwebsite@iwm.org.uk
Assigned 401BS/91BG Bangor 29/8/42; en route from Gander, Nfd, to Bassingbourn with John McClean, Co-pilot: Capt Dale Lasselle, Navigator: Bob Allen, Bombardier: Leon Koebel, passengers Capt George Wassell {doc}, Bob Vaughan, John Gibson, Justin Hamblin (8 Killed in Service); Norman Wickes, Leon Harrison {both seriously inj- Returned to Duty); poor weather or hit object in flight, crashed Mt Slieveanrro, Cushendall, Co. Antrim, NI. 3/10/42.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
2nd Lieutenant Robert N. Allen was born on January 5, 1918, the son of Ola DeLong Allen. He was married to Mary Elizabeth Allen. His hometown was Latham, New York.
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Military site : airfield
Now home to a museum all about the aifield and its USAAF residents (http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/) , Bassingbourn opened in 1938 as part of the RAF's pre-war expansion programme. The RAF continued to use it until late in 1942 when its long...
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:40:02 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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