Walter Rex Allaman Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURUSAAF Photo
Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 8-Jun-44 in B-24 42-109830 'Daisy Mae Skraggs. ' Baled out into sea off Les Isles Chaucey, drowned. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5482
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17032416 / O-685213
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Daisy Mae Skraggs
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brittany Cemetary
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Amarillo, TX | 4 August 1919 | Son of Rex A. and Carryee [Rone] Allaman. |
Forsyth, Taney County, MO | 16 October 1940 | Draft registration. | |
Enlisted |
Jefferson Barracks, MO | 28 October 1941 | Jefferson Barracks, Missouri |
Died |
Off Les Isles Chaucey | 8 June 1944 | |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bungay | 8 June 1944 | Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Plot F Row 17 Grave 4 | |
Other Specialist training |
Midland AAF, TX | Specialist training, Midland AAF, Texas. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. |
Revisions
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MACR 5482 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database