Andrew Lanson Allen

Military
media-38327.jpeg UPL 38327 "Back from the 11-hour haul to Marienburg, Germany on 11 April 1944, 1st Lt. Boudinot Stimson and his crew of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, pose beside their Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, England."

Rear L-R: S/Sgt Alfred Lesage, Cpl Andrew L Allen, Cpl Paul J Amos, T/Sgt Karl E Kukurin, T/Sgt Paul S Melia, T/Sgt Carman L Mancuso.

Front L-R: 1Lt Jack L Pfaffman,1Lt Boudinot Stimson, 1Lt John Edwin O'Neal Jr, 1Lt Robert H Timberlake.

Object Number - UPL 38327 - "Back from the 11-hour haul to Marienburg, Germany on 11 April 1944, 1st Lt. Boudinot Stimson and his crew of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb...

Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 42-97464 'What Next ?'; Shot down 13-Apr-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3941



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, a pilot of the 401st Bomb Group and cousin of the US War Secretary Henry Stimson, with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37770) nicknamed "Flak Rat". Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 12 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '296490.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'US WAR SECRETARY'S COUSIN PILOTS FLYING FORTRESSES OVER EUROPE. Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, Greenwich, Connecticut, cousin of US War Secretary Henry Stimson is pilot of
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12075079 / O-799493
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: What Next ?
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Stowe, Vermont, USA 14 March 1920 Son of Lanson Ernest and Helen Elizabeth [Johnson] Allen.

Enlisted

Fort Devens, MA 6 February 1942 Fort Devens, Massachusetts

Other

Baled out POW

Weibersbrunn, Germany 13 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 42-97464 'What Next ?'; Shot down 13-Apr-44. POW. MACR 3941

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Krems an der Donau, Austria 13 April 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb.

Died

Morrisville, VT 11 January 2005

Buried

Mountain View Cemetery Morristown, Lamoille County, VT 15 January 2005 Mountain View Cemetery Morristown, Lamoille County, Vermont

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Deenethorpe 13 April 1944 Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3941 / MACR 3941, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=554 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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