Harry Joseph Allen

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
714th Bomb Squadron crew outside a B-24 media-31923.jpeg UPL 31923 Training photo of pilot Lt. Robert L. Mains' crew.
Standing, left to right: Sgt Charles H Daman, Sgt Charles E. Cupp Jr, Sgt Anthony C. Villari, T/Sgt Frank S. Merkovich, Sgt Antonio Munoz Jr, S/Sgt Harry J. Allen.
Kneeling left to right: Lt John W. Johnson, Lt Robert L. Mains, Lt John Hankin, Lt Allen L. Lake.

Courtesy of the family of Sergeant Charles H Daman.

Family of John W. Johnson

Object Number - UPL 31923 - Training photo of pilot Lt. Robert L. Mains' crew. Standing, left to right: Sgt Charles H Daman, Sgt Charles E. Cupp Jr, Sgt Anthony C. Villari,...

Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wessendorf in B-24 44-50838 'Red Bow' 4-Apr-45; A/C downed by fighters, broke up in flight near Lauenburg Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13730



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

714th Bomb Squadron crew outside a B-24
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-680467
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Red Bow
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Missoula, Montana, USA 21 August 1918 Son of Joseph H and Hilda V Allen.

Enlisted

Montana 16 October 1940

Died

Lauenburg, Germany 4 April 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Wessendorf in B-24 44-50838 'Red Bow' 4-Apr-45; A/C downed by fighters, broke up in flight near Lauenburg KIA MACR 13730

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Seething 4 April 1945 Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Magratten, Netherlands

Other

Education

Francis Xavier Church Missoula, MT Graduated from Francis Xavier Church Missoula, MT

Other

Employed

Worked in signals dept, National Pacific Railway.

Buried

Saint Mary Cemetery Missoula, MT Memorialised Saint Mary Cemetery Missoula, MT

Revisions

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Sources

Combined two entries into a single entry. Record includes information from the following sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13730
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Sources

MACR 13730 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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