John Cecil Allen

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-38386.jpeg UPL 38386 Lt. John C. Allen was KIA on 8 August 1944. He enlisted at Ft. McClellan AL on 23 November 1942 and was first assigned to the 496th FTG before joining the 368th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group, on 3 June 1944. Lt. Allen was buried in the Epinal American Cemetery in France.
359th Fighter Group collection

Photo of Lt. John C. Allen courtesy A. F. Kysley.
Archived by Char Baldridge, Historian, 359th Fighter Group Association.
Posted by Janet Fogg.

Object Number - UPL 38386 - Lt. John C. Allen was KIA on 8 August 1944. He enlisted at Ft. McClellan AL on 23 November 1942 and was first assigned to the 496th FTG before...

Assigned to 368FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Lisieux, section bounced 25 Fw190's, during melee strayed behind formation and was picked off by Fw190,

crashed near Dreux on 8-Aug-44 in P-51B 42-106867 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7783.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-106867

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Pegelin
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Mobile, AL 6 March 1921 Son of John Hart and Ada Mae [Wilkerson] Allen.

Enlisted

Fort McClellan, Anniston, AL 36201, USA 19 November 1943 Fort McClellan, Anniston, Alabama

Other

Assigned

Wretham, Thetford, Norfolk IP24, UK 1 June 1944 - 8 August 1944 Assigned to 368FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

28100 Dreux, France 8 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Lisieux, section bounced 25 Fw190's, during melee strayed behind formation and was picked of by Fw190, crashed near Dreux on 8-Aug-44 in P-51B 42-106867 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7783.
Prichard, Alabama

Buried

Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Epinal Departement des Vosges Lorraine, France.

Revisions

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56370884/john-c-allen

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359th Fighter Group Association

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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=7783
https://www.fold3.com/image/29438018
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Allen&GSfn=John&G…;
https://www.fold3.com/page/88379411_john_c%20allen/details/

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7783 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Object number: UPL 38386 - Lt. John C. Allen was KIA on 8 August 1944. He...