Dennis Lloyd Collins
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Dennis Lloyd Collins - submitted to Don Madar by the Collins Family of Churchville, VA
Object Number - UPL 42917 - Dennis Lloyd Collins - Submitted to Don Madar by the Collins Family of Churchville, VA
Sgt, 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. KIS 23 June 1943 when bombs loaded into B-17 #42-30024 "Caroline" exploded. 23 members of the 533rd BS were killed. Buried in the Brookwood Cemetery. Re-interred in the Union Presbyterian Church cemetery in Churchville, VA.
Churchville, VA
Transferred from the 34th BG when the 533rd BS was activated on 3-Jan-1943.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11095163
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15320732
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37249675
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33281444
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32357326
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Caroline
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brookwood American Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, UK
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Sibley, IA | 6 May 1921 | |
|
Enlisted |
Richmond, VA, USA | 18 July 1942 | |
|
Based |
Ridgewell | 5 June 1943 - 23 June 1943 | |
|
Other Killed in Service |
Ridgewell, England - Station 167 | 23 June 1943 | Caroline explosion |
|
Buried |
Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial | 26 June 1943 | |
|
Buried |
Churchville, Virginia, USA | Union Presbyterian Church Cemetery |
Revisions
All entries from ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
533rd Bomb Squadron war Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
Fold.3
Find-A-Grave
NARA - Enlistment records
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
Triumphant We Fly - Ken Stone
Photo by the Don Madar Collection
Dennis Lloyd Allen - submitted to Don Madar by the Collins Family of Churchville, VA, 13065542
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
