Alvah Allen

Military

Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Anklam, Germany. Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29740. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 896.





Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

Connections

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Morris Marvin Guttu

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-672805
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-29740

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tondelayo
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 337th Bomb Squadron 339th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag VII-A

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kenne, New Hampshire, USA 25 October 1918

Enlisted

Manchester, NH, USA 28 March 1941 Manchester, New Hampshire

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Moosburg, Germany 9 October 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag VIIa.

Other

Shot down

Denmark 9 October 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Anklam, Germany. Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29740. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 896.

Died

Keene, NH, USA 2 December 1995

Based

Bassingbourn 9 October 1943 Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28612528?terms=42-29740
https://www.fold3.com/record/85462751-alvah-allen
https://www.fold3.com/record/114973-alvah-allen
https://www.fold3.com/page/528375461-alvah-allen-1918/facts
https://www.fold3.com/record/528375461-alvah-allen-1918
https://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=385129

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag 7A per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28612528?terms=42-29740
https://www.fold3.com/record/85462751-alvah-allen
https://www.fold3.com/record/114973-alvah-allen
https://www.fold3.com/page/528375461-alvah-allen-1918/facts
https://www.fold3.com/record/528375461-alvah-allen-1918
https://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=385129

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 896 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database