Herman F Allen
Military
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UPL 5628
Officers of the original Charles W. Smith crew: Charles W. Smith, Merle P. Brown, Charles L. Stevenson, Herman F. Allen
Herman F. Allen's wartime scrapbook, per daughter Pat DiGeorge
Flak knocked out two engines of B-17G #42-40006 'Liberty Lady' over the target of Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 and the crew headed toward Sweden and landed on the island of Gotland. Interned.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Liberty Lady
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
26 May 2011 | ||
Born |
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Other Interned (INT) |
Stockholm, Sweden | 6 March 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2735 / MACR 2735, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database