Allen D Horton

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by ME109 and crashed E of Bassum, GR on the return from a mission to Klein Mahow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-38011 'Kinda Ruff'. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-38011

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kinda-Ruff
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

6 March 1944

Born

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Buried/ Commemorated

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands, M-22-12

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 6 March 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3023 / MACR 3023, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database