Jack Russell Allerton

Military

Enlisted to the United States Army Air Corp after his 17th birthday

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed on 11/21/44 in B-17 #446600, part of the Black Hunger March and weighed 82 pounds on his return home

Life long member of the American Ex-prisoners of war Ohio chapter 1

After the war, Jack attended Ohio university and worked as the personnel manager at David Davies for 20 years

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

West Jefferson, Ohio 4 September 1925

Died

columbus 25 December 2016

Revisions

Date
ContributorOllie Lewis
Changes
Sources

the 8AF news March 2017

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11198, Roster