Lawrence F Allard

Military

Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. On a fighter support mission to Munster on 11-Mar-44, P-51B 43-6849 lost oil pressure due to heavy flak and crashed at Essen- Altenessen after the pilot bailed out. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3054.



Awards: AM (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Marion County, IN, USA 4 October 1916

Enlisted

New Albany, IN 47150, USA 23 January 1942 New Albany, Indiana

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 11 March 1944 Prisoner of War (POW).

Other

Shot down / baled out

Essen-Altenessen, Stadtbezirke V, 45326 Essen, Germany 11 March 1944 On a fighter support mission to Munster on 11-Mar-44, P-51B 43-6849 lost oil pressure due to heavy flak and crashed at Essen- Altenessen after the pilot bailed out. MACR 3054.

Died

Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA 24 February 2008

Other

Promotion

Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
Detroit, MI, USA

Other

Assigned

Steeple Morden, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8, UK 11 March 1944 Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Fred Hunter's Hollywood Memorial Gardens East Hollywood Broward County FL Fred Hunter's Hollywood Memorial Gardens East Hollywood Broward County Florida, USA.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 3054, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list