LeRoy Joseph Allain Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 328FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission, hit by flak strafing targets of opportunity, crashed at Royville in P-51 42-106460. Baled out. EVD MACR 7603.
Awards: AM, PH, 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
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Jean Louise
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Louisiana | 15 August 1921 | Son of Leroy Joseph Sr and Josephine G [Beahm] Allain. |
Enlisted |
Salem, MA | 16 January 1941 | Salem, Massachusetts |
Other Commissioned |
United States | 9 October 1942 | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. |
Other Assigned |
Bodney, Thetford, Norfolk IP26, UK | 4 June 1944 - 13 August 1944 | Assigned to 328FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Baled out |
Royville, France | 13 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission, hit by flak strafing targets of opportunity, crashed at Royville in P-51 42-106460. Baled out. EVD MACR 7603. |
Died |
13 June 1966 | ||
Buried |
Long Island National Cemetery East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, NY | 16 June 1966 | Long Island National Cemetery East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York |
Other Hospitalised |
Hospitalised - Hernia. Returned to ZI. Medically discharged December 1945. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/85128878/leroy-j-allain-wwii-army-enlistme…
https://www.fold3.com/record/701675722/allain-leroy-j-us-wwii-hospital-…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2604709/le_roy-joseph-allain
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 7603;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database