Joseph Stephen R Allaire
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Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. Gene Viehman crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Rosenheim in B-17 43-38646 18-Apr-45; crashed near Krallsheim Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 14175
Awards: AM (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
Post War: Retired after 37 years with Exxon as an operating superintendent and following that worked for Delta Drilling.
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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: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14120723 / O-926796
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Farmer's Daughter
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Gee Eyewanna Go Home
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Gaposis, Becomin’ Back
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Cisco, TX | 3 October 1925 | Son of Joseph Simon and Mary Margaret [Dodge] Allaire. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 18 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) |
Died |
Corpus Christi, TX | 21 December 2007 | |
Buried |
Rose Hill Cemetery Tyler, Smith County, TX | 24 December 2007 | Rose Hill Cemetery Tyler, Smith County, Texas |
Based |
Deenethorpe | 18 April 1945 | Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14175 / MACR 14175, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2798 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database