Allan Henry Burns Jr
Military
Original military records from my father's personal collection
Object Number - UPL 33776 - Letter sent to my father, Stanley Vitkavage (the pilot), from family of 2nd Lt. Lambert Koupal. James Kostel was Lambert Koupal's grandfather...
Allan Burns was Radio Operator/Gunner on board of B-24 42-51506 on the 27 February 1945 mission to the Halle Marshalling Yards, Germany. Crashed Betzenhausen, 1,5km NW of Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-720735
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34801877
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12175226 at enlistment, then 0-829596
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
21 April 1923 | Buffalo, New York | |
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Enlisted |
21 July 1943 | Baltimore, Maryland | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
27 February 1945 | Interned in Germany | |
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Other Honorably discharged |
29 October 1945 | ||
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Died |
8 July 1990 | ||
| Baltimore, Maryland | |||
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Enlisted |
Revisions
Birsic/ MACR 12778 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia