Raymond H Allaby

Military

Raymond Allaby served as a tail gunner with the 305th Bomb Group. He was shot down on 29 May 1943 on his tenth mission, over St. Nazaire, France in B-17 42-29792. Nine of the crew were killed, he was the only one who survived. Taken as a Prisoner of War (POW), he spent 10 months in hospital before being transferred to Stalag Luft IV.



After the war, he worked as a photographer for the Lowell Sun newspaper and then for many years for Raytheon.



On 25 October 1997, Raymond dedicated a memorial to his lost crew at St. Nazaire, France. He died in 2007.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Barrel House Bessie from Basin Street
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lowell, Massachusetts 23 August 1923

Enlisted

Boston, MA, USA 1 July 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

29 May 1943 - 23 May 1945

Died

Lowell, MA, USA 26 January 2007

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, Roll of Honor