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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Shot down 9 May 1944 in B-24 #42-52584 'Worry Bird II', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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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...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
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...
Other location
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA | 13 October 1921 |
Enlisted | Madison, Wisconsin | 20 April 1942 |
466th BG Combat Tour | Attlebridge Airfield, UK | 27 March 1944 – 9 May 1944 |
Shot Down | Hemeldonk, 2275 Lille, Belgium | 9 May 1944 |
POW | Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland | 10 May 1944 – 1 May 1945 |
Stalag Luft III |
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Died | La Puente, California | 24 April 1997 |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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11 September 2021 17:30:08 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
06 January 2019 22:33:37 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, events and place associations |
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https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/50826942/person/2735401... |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
12 August 2015 17:33:29 | 466thHistorian | Changes to media associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 December 2014 01:55:31 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events, person associations and place associations |
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466th BG HIstorian |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:13:10 | 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 |