Allen T Wayne

Military

53 night missions. July 3, 1944 accident on takeoff in B-24 #42-63781 ÒBlack MagicÓon a training flight. . 8 RTD



DFC w/ 1 Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM for 6 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

801st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-63781

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Black Magic
  • Unit: 479th Anti-Submarine Group 801st Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Hodgenville, Kentucky 9 January 1919

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, Losses of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces Vol. IV by Bishop & Hey, p.26, http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm