Allen, Roy Walter, Sr., 1st Lt

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
First Lieutenant

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1091-Pilot, B-17

Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)

Primary Unit
1944-1945, Status - POW/MIA

Service Years
1941 - 1945

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Pennsylvania

Year of Birth
1918

This Military Service Page was created/owned by SSgt Robert Bruce McClelland, Jr. to remember Allen, Roy Walter, Sr., 1st Lt.

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Contact Info

Home Town Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Last Address Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of Passing Aug 05, 1991
Location of Interment Whitemarsh Memorial Park - Ambler, Pennsylvania

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1945, American Ex-POW Association - Assoc. Page

Additional Information

Other Comments:

Sources:
Book: In the Shadows of War: An American Pilot's Journey Through Occupied France and the Camps of Nazi Germany, by Thomas Childers (Henry Holt; 464 pages)
(http://www.amazon.com/In-Shadows-War-American-Occupied/dp/0805057536)
TV documentary: Shot from the Sky, Dec 19, 2004, 1h 36m
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443640/)
http://spectator.org/archives/2004/06/04/an-american-in-buchenwald
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Allen
http://www.457thbombgroup.org/Fate/RLF058.HTML

1944-1944, AAF MOS 1091, 749th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy

From Month/Year April / 1944	To Month/Year June / 1944
Unit 749th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy Unit Page
Rank Second Lieutenant	AFSC/MOS AAF MOS 1091-Pilot, B-17
Base, Station or City RAF Glatton (USAAF 130), Cambridgeshire, England	State/Country United Kingdom

Patch	749th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy Details

	Type Bomber
	Parent Unit Bombardment Units	Strength Squadron
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Apr 20, 2023

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