Ronald Stewart Allen Jr
MilitaryRear - L to R : SSgt. George E Hartney - Lt. Ronald S. Allen - Capt William N Anderson - Lt. Stanley F. Olson - Lt. Charles M. Shaw - Cpl. Victor A. McMenamin.
Front - L to R : Cpl. Clifford C. Hurst - SSgt Oscar Ferkauff - TSgt. Walter N. Goodson - Sgt. J. R. Bell - SSgt. Allie T. Hearne Jr.
Removed punctuation from aircraft name for clarity, uniformity, and readability. - Kickapoo
Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Attached to 9AF USAAF, TDY in North Africa. Took part in Operation 'Tidal Wave', the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40172 'Lynn Bari II'.
Failed to Return (FTR) Weiner Neustadt in B-24 42-72857 'Star Spangled Hell'; mauled by fighters, A/C exploded 10 miles north of target. 1-Oct-43 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 51251
Awards: DFC, AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medals.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16040136 / O-411678
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19032975 / O-730588
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Muskogee, Okla | 18 November 1917 | Son of Ronald Stewart Sr and Mida Breckenridge [Spradling] Allen. |
Enlisted |
Okmulgee, OK | 16 September 1940 | Okmulgee Oklahoma |
Other Baled out POW |
North of Weiner Neustadt, Austria | 1 October 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Weiner Neustadt in B-24 42-72857 'Star Spangled Hell'; mauled by fighters, A/C exploded 10 miles north of target. 1-Oct-43 POW MACR 51251 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Bavaria | 1 October 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag VIIa. |
Died |
17 June 1988 | ||
Buried |
Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, OK | 20 June 1988 | Fort Gibson National Cemetery Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma |
Based |
Shipdham | Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Based |
Benina | 1 October 1943 | Attached to 9AF USAAF, TDY in North Africa |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ploesti by Dugan and Stewart, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Will Lundy p. 136-138, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 299; MACR 15251