Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) on 4-Mar-43 in B-17 41-24464 'Excalibur', 91BG/324BS while serving as Pilot. Aircraft was ditched into North Sea 40 miles west of Texel Island, Holland after repeated fighter attacks. Plane broke in two. 7 crewmembers were picked up by a British minesweeper.

Awards: DSC, AM (2OLC), PH.

DSC Award Citation:

"The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Allen Brill (ASN: 0-442336), United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Pilot of a B-17 Heavy Bomber in the 324th Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group (H), EIGHTH Air Force, in action while on a bombing mission over enemy occupied continental Europe. The airplane in which Lieutenant Brill was serving was attacked by a force of enemy fighter aircraft and was forced down on the North Sea after a long and gallant fight. In utter disregard for his own safety Lieutenant Brill remained at his post and aided other crew members to leave the airplane; in so doing, he sacrificed his own chance for escape. By his devotion to duty and complete disregard for his personal welfare Lieutenant Brill helped to save the lives of other crew members, thereby upholding the highest traditions of the armed forces of the United States.

General Orders: Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army, General Orders No. 31 (May 22, 1943)"

Service

Events

Event	Location	Date
Born	Sedalia, MO	22 November 1916
Son of Arthur and Lena Beatrice [Brittendall] Brill.
Enlisted	Fort Leavenworth, KS	15 August 1941
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Based	Bassingbourn	1943 – 4 March 1943
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.
Died	40 miles W of Texel, Netherlands	4 March 1943
Killed when aircraft was sshot down by fighters and crashed into the North Sea 40 miles west of Texel Island, Holland. Killed in Action (KIA)
Commemorated	Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK	1946
Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery.