Denis J Alison

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-27939.jpeg UPL 27939 2Lt Denis Alison 20th FG J Cook photo collection and archives

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Object Number - UPL 27939 - 2Lt Denis Alison 20th FG

Assigned to 77FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. 19 x combat missions, 82:10 combat hours. Killed in Action (KIA) on 1 Nov 1944 near Legden in P-51D 44-14378. MACR 10236.





Awards: AM (OLC), EAME (2 x battle stars), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

A crashed P-51 Mustang (C7-Y, serial number 43-6503) of the 555th Fighter Training Squadron, 496th Fighter Training Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '496.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Honey Baby
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 487th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Murph
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Highland Park, MI 26 April 1923 Son of Denis John and Helen Alison.

Enlisted

Detroit, MI 5 May 1942 Detroit, Michigan

Other

Killed in action

48739 Legden, Germany 1 November 1944 Killed in Action (KIA) on 1 Nov 1944 near Legden in P-51D 44-14378. MACR 10236.

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands

Based

Kings Cliffe 1 November 1944 Assigned to 77FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 10236 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
- S2 summary of eyecatcher witness account, 20th FG.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10236, King's Cliffe Memorial Edition / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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