Lawrence F Allard
MilitaryAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
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
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