Raymond Griffith Allen
Military
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UPL 22548
1st Lt Raymond G Allen 343rd FS.
Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME..
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15128012
- Highest Rank: Corporal
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Miss Velma Merrimack
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Ravenna, OH 44266, USA | 5 February 1922 | Son of Burritt and Nellie Boosinger Allen |
Other Assigned |
22 March 1945 | Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Brunnthal, Germany | 9 April 1945 | Me-410 destroyed (ground) Munich-Brunnthal Landing Ground. |
Other E/A Destroyed 1/2 |
83256 Chiemsee, Germany | 16 April 1945 | BV-140 shared destroyed (ground) Lake Chiem. |
Died |
Youngstown, OH, USA | 9 December 1989 | |
Other End of War |
Europe | End of War. | |
Other Promotion |
Wormingford, Colchester, Essex CO6, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
Ravenna, OH 44266, USA | |||
Enlisted |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / WWW.55th.org roster