Harry Allchin Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
UPL 73563
UPL 73563
Lubbock Field Class 43-E
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Lubbock Field Class 43-E
Object Number - UPL 73563 - Lubbock Field Class 43-E
Co-pilot, Duncan crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 1 December 1943 in B-17 #42-29506 'Full Boost!'. Mission #46 to the chemical plant at Leverkusen, Germany. Diverted to the steel works at Solinger, Germany. MACR 1578. Killed in Action (KIA). Originally buried in the Memorial Cemetery of St Omer at Longuenesse, Germany. Buried in the Normandy AMC.
3 missions - 16 November 1943-Knaben, Norway; 26 November 1943-Bremen, Ger. ; 1 December 1943-Leverkusen, Ger.
Mentor, OH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32497997
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-796792
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-749433
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39256298
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-744481
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Full Boost!
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 December 1943
- Date: 26 November 1943
- Date: 16 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Mentor, Ohio | 18 February 1920 | |
|
Other Killed in action |
1 December 1943 | ||
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Plot A Row 7 Grave 32 |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate record to include details from:
MACR 1578 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.
Amendment to surname from : http://www.381stbg.org/lc3.php
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Military Personnel Records; Book from sister titled 'My Brother Harry'; MACR 1578
