Allen Wardwell Swain

Military

Assigned to 429BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna; flak ko’d an engine headed toward Russian lines, crashed near Papa, Hungary; 21-Feb-45 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12461.



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

2nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert Philip Trowbridge

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12208174 / O-827083
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-6198

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dollar 98
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hartford County, MA 12 May 1922 Son of Robert B Swain.

Enlisted

Williamstown, MA 28 August 1942

Died

Papa, Hungary 21 February 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna; flak ko’d an engine headed toward Russian lines, crashed near Papa, Hungary; 21-Feb-45 KIA MACR 12461.
Connecticut, USA

Buried

Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial

Buried

Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford, CT Memorialised Fairview Cemetery West Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Based

Amendola 21 February 1945 Assigned to 429BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF.

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