John Cecil Allen
Military ROLL OF HONOUR359th Fighter Group collection
Photo of Lt. John C. Allen courtesy A. F. Kysley.
Archived by Char Baldridge, Historian, 359th Fighter Group Association.
Posted by Janet Fogg.
Assigned to 368FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Lisieux, section bounced 25 Fw190's, during melee strayed behind formation and was picked off by Fw190,
crashed near Dreux on 8-Aug-44 in P-51B 42-106867 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7783.
Awards: PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Pegelin
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Epinal American Cemetery
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Mobile, AL | 6 March 1921 | Son of John Hart and Ada Mae [Wilkerson] Allen. |
Enlisted |
Fort McClellan, Anniston, AL 36201, USA | 19 November 1943 | Fort McClellan, Anniston, Alabama |
Other Assigned |
Wretham, Thetford, Norfolk IP24, UK | 1 June 1944 - 8 August 1944 | Assigned to 368FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
28100 Dreux, France | 8 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Lisieux, section bounced 25 Fw190's, during melee strayed behind formation and was picked of by Fw190, crashed near Dreux on 8-Aug-44 in P-51B 42-106867 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7783. |
Prichard, Alabama | |||
Buried |
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Epinal Departement des Vosges Lorraine, France. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7783 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list