Robert Tessier
Military | Colonel | Pilot | 94th Bomb Group
Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 26-Jul-43 in B-17 42-30174 'Gorgeous Hussy'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 90
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Richard J Allee
Military
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S/Sgt Richard J Allee, 94BG
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Richard Allee whilst training
Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover in B-17 42-30174 26-Jul-43; shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Aurich, near Bremen, Germany; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 90
Awards: AM, PH.
Service
People
Units served with
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94th Bomb Group
Group
Activated 15 June 1942 at MacDill Field, Florida. Initial organization and training at Pendleton Field, Oregon on 29 June 1942. Primary flight training at Davis-Monthan Field in Arizona from 28 Aug. 42 to 31 Oct. 42; then at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas... -
410th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Part of 94th Bomb Group.
Aircraft
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42-30174 'Lady Luck II'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/43; Smoky Hill 29/4/43; Tinker 13/5/43; Lincoln 17/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-S] Earls Colne 25/5/43 LADY LUCK II; Rougham 13/6/43, transferred 410BS [GL- ]; Missing in Action Hanover 26/7/43 with Bob Tessier,...
Associated Place
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Bury St Edmunds
Military site : airfield
The airfield was purpose-built for American bomb groups and as such had a 2,000 yard main runway that lain in concrete with a tarred and wood-chipped surface. The scale of bases such as this meant that very often the technical, administrative and... -
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Indiana, USA | 1922 |
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Son of Charles and Gladys Allee. |
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| Enlisted | Fort Benjamin, Harrison, IN | 23 June 1942 |
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Fort Benjamin, Harrison, Indiana |
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| Based | Bury St Edmunds | 1943 – 26 July 1943 |
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Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Aurich, Germany | 26 July 1943 |
| Buried | Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | 1946 |
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Re-Interred |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 09 May 2021 10:43:28 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/29416650 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 August 2015 15:49:24 | Lucyd | Changes to unit associations |
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Combined two entries into a single entry. Record includes information from the following sources: |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:22:38 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 90 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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