David Runyon Allen

Military

Object Number - UPL 14531 - 1 January 1945 - Pilots of the 335th Fighter Squadron pose for the camera. TOP ROW L-R: Maj. Pierce W. McKennon (CO), Lt. August W. Rabe, F/O Lucian...

Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 2nd Scouting Force. Transferred to 358FS, 355FG 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 354FG. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).

Awards: AM (3OLC), WII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle star).

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Units served with

2nd Scouting Force

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

335th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

354th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

355th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

358th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Places

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Saddle River, NJ	15 July 1920
Other Crashed	Bush Rd, Avondale, CO 81022, USA	19 July 1942	Forced Landing due to Engine Failure 4 miles NE of Bush, Colorado Cat 5 damage, pilot Lt David R Allen, 19-Jul-42. L-3B 42-36313 1AAFGTD
Other Crashed	Muncie, IN, USA	2 November 1943	Take Off Accident Muncie, Indiana Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt David R Allen, 2-Nov-43. L-4A 42-7818 HqSq GCTC
Other Transferred	Steeple Morden, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8, UK	8 March 1945 - 13 May 1945	Transferred to the 355th Fighter Group.
Other Promotion	Steeple Morden, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8, UK	16 April 1945	Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
Other Transferred	Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK	13 May 1945 - 15 September 1945	Transferred to 335th Fighter Squadron.
Other Transferred	Steeple Morden, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8, UK	15 September 1945 - 18 September 1945	Transferred to 354th Fighter Group.
Other End Tour Duty (ETD)	England, UK	18 September 1945	Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Died	Louisville, KY, USA	24 July 1988
Buried	Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery Saddle River Bergen County NJ	27 July 1988	Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery Saddle River Bergen County New Jersey, USA.
	Saddle River, NJ 07458, USA

Revisions

Date12 Nov 2021 15:21:50

ContributorAl_Skiff

ChangesChanges to biography, awards, events and unit associations

Sources

http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/335_a…
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/138675078
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61756643/david-r-allen

Date7 Sep 2016 12:15:13

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

ChangesChanges to events

Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah;
- http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html ;
- His wife

Date4 Jul 2016 18:09:11

ContributorAl_Skiff

ChangesChanges to middlename, highest rank, biography, awards, events and place associations

Sources

http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Allen
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Allen%2C+David+R
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Allen&GSfn=David&…;

Date3 Apr 2015 09:19:26

Contributorapollo11

ChangesChanges to role, events and place associations

Sources

Personal research & 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:07:06

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list