Clyde M Allen
Military
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Object Number - UPL 41451 - 1lt Clyde M Allen
Assigned to 709BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Frankfurt in B-17 42-31108 'Devils Mate' crashed 29-Jan-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2279
Awards: PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13054945 / O-739408
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11069257
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-751996
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35599095
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15339171
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Devil's Mate
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Salt Lake City, UT | 4 May 1920 | Son of Orson and Elizabeth Jane [Russell] Allen. |
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Enlisted |
Salt Lake City, UT | 12 October 1940 | |
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Died |
Frankfurt, Germany | 29 January 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Frankfurt in B-17 42-31108 'Devils Mate' crashed 29-Jan-44. KIA MACR 2279 |
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Buried |
Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT | Re-Interred Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT | |
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Based |
Rattlesden | 29 January 1944 | Assigned to 709BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster as of 01 August 1945
