Robert Clinton Allison
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned 652BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Atlantic weather mission 17-Mar-45 in B-17 44-8601; Allah weather flight disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. Believed to have ditched west of St. Eval due to mechanical failure. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13856
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 18th Weather Squadron 652nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11096666 / O-828127
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 652nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Eau Claire Butler, PA | 14 October 1916 | Son of Cline Dewitt and Mary Ruth [Elder] Allison. |
Enlisted |
New Cumberland, PA 17070, USA | 23 July 1941 | New Cumberland, Pennsylvania |
Died |
17 March 1945 | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, United Kingdom | |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | ||
Buried |
Parker Presbyterian Cemetery, Parker, PA | Memorialised Parker Presbyterian Cemetery Parker, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania | |
Based |
Watton | 17 March 1945 | Assigned 652BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Updated sources; American Battle Monument Commission and U.S. National Archives
Combat Chronology; Aerial Intelligence of the 8th Air Force, pg 177 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia