Gwynn Boswell
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Reported to group on 29 Apr 1944.
AM 1OLC, DFC
Military
Assigned to 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Reported to 306BG on 29-Apr-44. He flew on Gwynn Boswell crew as co-pilot. When he was detached service with the 1st Scouting Force (364th FG/384th FS), baled out at Neuringe on 3-Feb-45 from P-51 44-13686. POW at Stalag Luft III. Died non Battle (DNB) Jun-45 in Rheims, France.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Reported to group on 29 Apr 1944.
AM 1OLC, DFC
Group
Constituted as 306th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 1 Mar 1942. Trained for combat with B-17's. Moved to England, Aug-Sep 1942, and assigned to Eighth AF Eighth Air Force in September 1942 Station 111 Thurleigh. During combat,...
Group
The 364th Fighter Group flew 342 missions in P-38 Lightnings and P-51 Mustangs from Honington, Suffolk. The missions ranged from escorting bombers and dive-bombing and strafing targets to area patrol missions across a swathe of land that took in France...
Squadron
Squadron
Squadron
Squadron
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 384FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to Scouting Force (Experimental) (SFX), 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 1st Scouting Force, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) 3-Feb-45. Lt John J Allen POW. MACR 12173.
Military site : airfield
Honington was in use by Eighth Air Force units for a longer period than any other air base in England. The air base, built in the mid 1930s as part of the RAF's expansion programme had seen plenty of action as an RAF base before it was handed over to...
Military site : airfield
Built for RAF use in 1941-42, Thurleigh was initially used by RAF Bomber Command before being handed over to the Eighth Air Force. Its runways and hardstandings were improved, and the B-17s of the 306th Bomb Group began using the base. It was their...
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Born | 7 March 1920 | |
Son of John G and Elizabeth [Dahm] Allen. |
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Based | Thurleigh | 29 April 1944 – 18 September 1944 |
Assigned to 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Detached Service (DS) | Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK | 18 September 1944 |
Detached service with 1st Scouting Force. |
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Transferred | Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK | 22 October 1944 |
Transferred to 383FS, 8AF USAAF. |
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Prisoner of War (POW) | Zagan, Poland | 3 February 1945 – May 1945 |
Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Baled out | Neuringe, Twist, Germany | 3 February 1945 |
P-51D 44-13686 suffered engine problems and crashed at Neuringe on 3-Feb-45. POW |
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Died | Rheims, France | 5 June 1945 |
Died non Battle (DNB) Rheims, France. |
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Buried | Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum Evergreen Park, Cook County, IL | November 1948 |
Re-Interred |
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17 November 2021 15:42:00 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography, awards, events and person associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/46713130 |
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07 September 2016 12:29:04 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to unit associations and aircraft associations |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from: |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
04 July 2016 20:39:34 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Allen |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:16:12 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition, MACR 12173, First Over Germany pg. 266, 306th BGA Collection [Russell Strong index card], NARA, History of the Scouting Forces [Hap Chandler book], / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pic... |