Assigned to 328FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission, hit by flak strafing targets of opportunity, crashed at Royville in P-51B 42-106460. Baled out.
Maybe taken Prisoner of War (POW) but further research is required. MACR 7603.
Service
Units served with
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Group
The 352nd Fighter Group were based at Bodney, Norfolk from July 1943 until November 1945 but in the winter months of 1944/1945 detachments moved to bases in Belgium to provide extra air support to ground forces during the Battle of the Bulge and to...
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Aircraft
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P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 328FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission, hit by flak strafing targets of opportunity, crashed at Royville. Pilot Lt Leroy J Allain Jr baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). 13-Aug-44. MACR 7603.
Associated Place
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Military site : airfield
Before the Americans arrived Bodney was a grass-surfaced airfield. So when the 352nd Fighter Group arrived with heavy P-47 Thunderbolts, work was carried out to strengthen its roads and runways with steel matting, concrete and tarmac. Nissen huts also...
Events
Event |
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Commissioned (COMM) |
United States |
9 October 1942 |
Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant.
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Assigned |
Bodney, Thetford, Norfolk IP26, UK |
4 June 1944 – 13 August 1944 |
Assigned to 328FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF.
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Baled out |
Zagan, Poland |
13 August 1944 |
Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission, hit by flak strafing targets of opportunity, crashed at Royville in P-51B 42-106460. Baled out. MACR 7603.
Probable - Prisoner of War (POW).
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