Allen W Haynes
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 20 December 1942 in B-17 41-24452 while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. Wounded, he later died of his wounds (DOW) in a Paris hospital on 4-Jan-43.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O438025
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 8 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Died of Wounds (DOW) |
Paris, France | 4 January 1943 | Was wounded but baled out of B-17F 41-24452 and was captured and transferred to a German hospital in Paris, France where he died of his wounds on 4-Jan-43. |
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Buried |
Dinozé, France | Buried in the Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B, Row 4, Grave 62. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 4-Dec-2014. Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record.
Lee Cunningham 4-Dec-2014. Added SN, decoration & Burial event per American Battle Monument Commission (ABMC) record, also MACR 16243 for SN and "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE for DOW date.
Lee Cunningham 4-Dec-2014. Added crew position to biography per MACR 16243; Added DOW event per "Losses of the 8th & 8th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; made Place and Mission connections within existing data.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16243 / MACR 16243, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Hey and Bishop p.54 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database