Raymond Griffith Allen

Military
media-22548.jpeg UPL 22548 1st Lt Raymond G Allen 343rd FS.

Object Number - 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

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

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.
  • 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

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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.

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Promotion

Wormingford, Colchester, Essex CO6, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
Ravenna, OH 44266, USA

Enlisted

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Daughter, JoEllen Elliott , Paris, OH

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JoEllen Elliott, daughter

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Information updated by his daughter, JoEllen Elliott of Paris, OH

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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

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