James S Allman
Military ROLL OF HONOURImage courtesy of Julia Mortenson, taken from http://www.findagrave.com
James entered the Army Air Corps in July 1942 and served in a glider unit. James received his basic training at Santa Ana, California, and then attended Radio Operators School at Scott Field, Illinois, and Gunnery School at Yuma, Arizona. After serving two years in the United States, James left for England on September 18, 1944, and participated in the air offensive over Germany. He flew on 20 missions and on the twentieth, was killed when the B-17G #43-38080 in which he was radio operator/waist gunner collided with another A/C.
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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
Missions
- Date: 6 February 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hot Springs, AR, USA | 27 November 1920 | |
Died |
Polebrook, Peterborough, Northamptonshire PE8, UK | 6 February 1945 | He was killed when the B-17G 43-38080 in which he was radio operator/waist gunner crashed. The aircraft had participated in a raid on German war facilities at Lutter, Germany. As the aircraft was cleared into the descent landing pattern to land at Polebrook Air Station, Northamptonshire, England, it was struck from beneath by another B-17. The collision tore the right wing off Allman's B-17, and both bombers crashed about 3 miles from the air field, killing all of the crew members on both planes. |
Buried |
Greenwood Cemetery, Hot Springs, AR 71913, USA | Plot: Block E North |
Revisions
Associated media from http://www.findagrave.com, courtesy of Julia Mortenson.
Update to biography and connections, courtesy of Julia Mortenson, taken from http://www.findagrave.com.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia