Andrew Jack Allison

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

KIS in B-17 42-5793 crashed at Brome, Suffolk, en route to leading the 100th Bomb Group. He was the PFF plane, sent to lead the group. This group was a 'secret' group that flew on special OSS missions.

DFC, AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

The wreckage of a B-24 Liberator (GO-K) of the 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group that has crash landed. A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group is in the background.

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'

482nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

A 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5793) nicknamed "Stinky", the first B-17 Flying Fortress to carry HS2 Radar pathfinder equipment.

42-5793

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stinky
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Oklahoma 1 January 1923 Born Oklahoma

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA, USA 10 June 1941 Enlisted Los Angeles, California

Died

Brome, Suffolk 10 November 1943 Died Brome, Suffolk

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambridgeshire 11 November 1943 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire Plot B Row 1 Grave 33

Revisions

Date22 Apr 2023 18:33:54
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/84925064/andrew-j-allison-wwii-army-enlist…

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56287345/andrew-jack-allison

Date1 Nov 2017 18:47:08
Contributordaniel_conti
ChangesChanges to events
Sources

Updates from U.S. National Archives and American Battle Monuments Commission records

Date27 Sep 2014 18:03:42
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Combat Sup, WWII Memorial, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia