Warren Allender
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 9 May 1944 in B-24 #4252584 'Worry Bird II. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
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Ross K English
Military
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TSGT Ross K. English Radio Operator Crew #710 - Warren Allender Crew KIA - 9 May 1944
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Page 2 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.
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USAAF Aerial Gunner Wings
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ENGLISH, Ross K. T/SGT 13134647 Air Medal Certificate GO# 333 01 May 1944
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MACR 4803 42-52584 "The Worry Bird II" 466th BG | 787th BS 09 May 1944
Shot down 9 May 1944 in B-24 #4252584 'Worry Bird II. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
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Service
People
Units served with
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466th Bomb Group
Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the... -
787th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-52584 The Worry Bird II
B-24 Liberator
Associated Place
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Attlebridge
Military site : airfield
Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Erie, Pennsylvania, USA | 22 December 1923 |
| Lived in | Erie, PA | 1942 |
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709 Brown Avenue |
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| Enlisted | Erie, PA | 6 November 1942 |
| 466th BG Combat Tour | Attlebridge Airfield, UK | 27 March 1944 – 9 May 1944 |
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| Died | 2275 Hemeldonk, Belgium | 9 May 1944 |
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English was KIA on his 9th mission when his B-24 was shot down by flak over Belgium |
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| Buried | Millcreek, PA, USA | 1947 |
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Laurel Hill Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 06 January 2019 22:57:10 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8939&h=4848229&... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 12 August 2015 17:42:57 | 466thHistorian | Changes to media associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 24 June 2015 02:14:29 | 466thHistorian | Changes to highest rank and events |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 December 2014 02:04:33 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, awards, events, person associations and place associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:24:30 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4803 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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