Allen Smuntan

Military

Shot down in A/C 44-40243. Became POW, 5/6/1944 France. Held at Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16.

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

People

Robert Albert Keller

Robert Albert Keller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12187407
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Alfred D Moussette

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
44-40205 - Crew

Earle A Swanson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16078837
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

44-40243

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Tender Foot
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Limerick, Canada

Other

Evaded

France 5 June 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorWhite-Knight
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources

National Archives USA POW Records

Date
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5633 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database