Denis J Alison

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-27939.jpeg UPL 27939 2Lt Denis Alison 20th FG J Cook photo collection and archives

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Object Number - UPL 27939 - 2Lt Denis Alison 20th FG

Assigned to 77FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. 19 x combat missions, 82:10 combat hours. Killed in Action (KIA) on 1 Nov 1944 near Legden in P-51D 44-14378. MACR 10236.

Awards: AM (OLC), EAME (2 x battle stars), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

A crashed P-51 Mustang (C7-Y, serial number 43-6503) of the 555th Fighter Training Squadron, 496th Fighter Training Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '496.'

43-6503

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Honey Baby
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 487th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron

44-14378

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Murph
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Highland Park, MI 26 April 1923 Son of Denis John and Helen Alison.

Enlisted

Detroit, MI 5 May 1942 Detroit, Michigan

Other

Killed in action

48739 Legden, Germany 1 November 1944 Killed in Action (KIA) on 1 Nov 1944 near Legden in P-51D 44-14378. MACR 10236.

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands

Based

Kings Cliffe 1 November 1944 Assigned to 77FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date24 Apr 2021 08:17:10
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to service number, biography, events, unit associations and place associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/310763843
https://www.fold3.com/record/84407877/denis-j-alison-wwii-army-enlistme…
https://www.fold3.com/record/529870917/denis-j-alison-american-battle-m…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56296269/denis-j-alison

Date16 May 2017 04:45:53
Contributorfugari
ChangesChanges to media associations
Sources

JCook Archives and Photo Collection

Date16 May 2017 04:37:46
Contributorfugari
ChangesChanges to nickname, role, biography, awards, events and unit associations
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JCook Archives and Photo Collection

Date7 Sep 2016 13:54:42
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
ChangesChanges to events
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 10236 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
- S2 summary of eyecatcher witness account, 20th FG.

Date6 Jul 2016 18:48:49
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to nickname, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Alison
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmpilot.asp?Pilot=Alison
https://www.fold3.com/image/28729451
http://www.americancemeterymargraten.com/alison-denis-j
http://www.geocities.ws/jackilfrey/alison.html
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56296269

Date6 Jul 2016 18:08:41
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to surname
Sources

Duplicate

Date27 Sep 2014 18:07:10
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10236, King's Cliffe Memorial Edition / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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