Kenneth C Allstaedt

Military

Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to Transferred to HQ Sqn.

Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

Aircraft

P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft of the 78th Fighter Group at Duxford. Handwritten on slide casing:"3-12"

42-25552

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 367th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 393rd Fighter Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron

43-25539

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron

Missions

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'

Duxford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Detroit, MI 26 August 1921 Son of Charles Emil Allstaedt.

Enlisted

Detroit, MI 5 May 1942 Detroit, Michigan

Other

Transferred

Duxford, Cambridge CB22, UK 21 August 1944 Transferred to HQ Sqn.

Died

Clearwater, FL, USA 9 April 2005

Buried

Florida National Cemetery Bushnell Sumter County FL 12 April 2005 Florida National Cemetery Bushnell Sumter County Florida, USA.
Lincoln Park, MI, USA

Other

Assigned

Duxford, Cambridge CB22, UK 21 August 1944 Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date13 Nov 2021 18:31:13
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to service number, biography, awards, events and unit associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/661911392
https://www.fold3.com/record/45358485/kenneth-c-allstaedt-social-securi…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84407889/kenneth-c-allstaedt-wwii-army-enl…
https://www.fold3.com/record/720530634/allstaedt-kenneth-c-us-veterans-…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49685436/kenneth-c-allstaedt

Date31 Aug 2016 14:19:40
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p133

Date7 Jul 2016 20:51:37
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to role, biography, events, unit associations and place associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/page/45358485_kenneth_c%20allstaedt/details/
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Allstaedt&GSfn=Ke…;

Date27 Sep 2014 18:17:49
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list