Earl Thomas Allison | American Air Museum

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

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Jack Cameron Nagel

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-734967
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Herbert William Small

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-746447
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-37785

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Little Barney
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

42-37789

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: The Loose Goose
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

B-17 Flying Fortresses nicknamed "London Avenger", nicknamed "Bermondsley Battler", nicknamed "Rotherhithe's Revenge" and nicknamed "Bermondsley" of the 379th Bomb Group, 15 February 1944. Passed for publication 16 Feb 1944. Censor no: 305411. Handwritten caption on reverse: '16/2/44.' Printed caption on reverse: ' CHRISTENS U.S. FORTRESS BOMBER. Feb. 16th, 1944. As an appreciation of £800,000 raised during Bermondsey's Wings for Victory Week., the people of Bermondsey christened a U.S. Fortress bomber "

42-37792

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Eleanor Maureen : Bermondsey
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 34th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron

42-37801

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: The Duchess : Dynamite Express
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

42-37974

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Section 8
Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group in flight.

8th Air Force 247

Date: 4 March 1944

8th Air Force 246

Date: 3 March 1944

8th Air Force 237

Date: 28 February 1944

8th Air Force 235 BIG WEEK - DAY 6

Date: 25 February 1944

Doc Agnew, Staff Sergeant Joe Roundhill and personnel of the 379th Bomb Group transfer the body of Sergeant Noonan (killed by a flak) from a B-17 Flying Fortress to a field ambulance after a raid on Schweinfurt, 24 February 1944. Official caption on image: "(GPR-162-1-379)(24-2-44)." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Doc Agnew. 24/2/44.'

8th Air Force 233 BIG WEEK - DAY 5

Date: 24 February 1944

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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

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