Earl Thomas Allison

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42-31211, RENO'S RAIDER. Killed in Action (KIA).
Missing Air Crew Report #4560
 

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

People

William Arlie Clements

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35472350
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

John Quinn Curtin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-800687
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Sam Gardner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

James Harold Grimmett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16018325
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Military Occupation specialty 757-Radio Operator/Mechanic/Gunner

Lester Winfield Hall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-447290
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

41-24560

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Audrey
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 368th Bomb Squadron 369th Bomb Squadron 544th Bomb Squadron

42-29651

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stella
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

42-29717

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mr Five by Five
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron

42-31211

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Reno's Raider
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31235) nicknamed 'Goin' Dog' of the 384th Bomb Group takes off for a mission. A censor has obscured the triangle P and serial number on the aircraft's tail. Image stamped on reverse: 'Sport and General.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 24 April 1944.' [stamp] and '313357.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Back from Berlin. Crews of US Fortress Station returning from the Berlin raid which took place recently. 34320. A Fortress takes off- destination Berlin

42-31235

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Goin Dog
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

Missions

322

  • Date: 27 April 1944
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29155) nicknamed "Picadilly Commando" of the 446th Bomb Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '446BG B/24 leaving Ruhr on its way home 22 April 1944.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '22/4/44, 21,000 Ft. Hamm, smoke screen in distance.'

311

  • Date: 22 April 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Boston, MA, USA 27 March 1942 Enlisted ASN: 11068663 Residence: Essex County, Massachusetts Private, Air Corps

Other

Assigned

France 5 November 1943 - 8 May 1944 Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 544th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #136 dated 5 November 1943, as crew pilot. 25 combat missions.

Other

Killed in Action

France 8 May 1944 Group lead. The aircraft was hit by continuously tracking flak about 40 seconds before bomb release; aircraft received direct burst beneath the pilot's compartment; started in to a steep spiral; crashed about 7 miles SW of Valognes, France. MACR 4560

Born

Massachusetts, USA 8 May 1944

Revisions

Date1 May 2023 17:09:34
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 17:08:16
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 17:07:25
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 17:06:25
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 17:05:22
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 17:04:13
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 17:03:04
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 17:01:57
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 17:01:04
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 16:59:46
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 16:58:30
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 16:56:58
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 16:55:29
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 16:38:48
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 16:37:41
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 16:35:28
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 16:33:17
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 16:31:22
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 16:29:32
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 16:27:59
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 16:26:19
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 16:24:42
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 16:23:09
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 16:20:58
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 16:19:35
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 16:18:23
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 16:15:22
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 16:13:04
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date1 May 2023 16:11:22
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date9 Jan 2017 00:27:24
Contributorbombercommand
ChangesChanges to media associations
Sources

http://www.384thbombgroup.com/

Date11 May 2016 01:30:20
Contributorbombercommand
ChangesChanges to service number, highest rank, biography, awards, events, person associations, place associations, mission associations and media associations
Sources

http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/SortieReport.php?SortieKey=29…

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=WR26&t…

Date11 May 2016 01:16:56
Contributorbombercommand
ChangesChanges to middlename
Sources

http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=85

Date27 Sep 2014 18:08:00
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4560 / MACR 4560, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database