8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Thomas L Allinder
Military
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1st Lt Thomas L Allinder assigned to 364th FG 385th FS.
Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with a shared destroyed. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory.
Service
Units served with
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364th Fighter Group
Group
The 364th Fighter Group flew 342 missions in P-38 Lightnings and P-51 Mustangs from Honington, Suffolk. The missions ranged from escorting bombers and dive-bombing and strafing targets to area patrol missions across a swathe of land that took in France... -
1st Scouting Force
Squadron
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385th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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44-14724
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF.
Associated Place
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Honington
Military site : airfield
Honington was in use by Eighth Air Force units for a longer period than any other air base in England. The air base, built in the mid 1930s as part of the RAF's expansion programme had seen plenty of action as an RAF base before it was handed over to...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Arkansas, USA | 31 January 1917 |
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Son of Joseph and Laura [Cantrell] Allinder. |
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| Lived in | Greenbrier, AR 72058, USA | 1940 |
| Enlisted | Arkansas, USA | 29 January 1941 |
| Assigned | Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK | July 1944 – 21 May 1945 |
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Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Promoted | Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK | 2 October 1944 |
| Detached Service (DS) | Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK | 15 October 1944 |
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Detached service with 1st Scouting Force. |
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| Returned | Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK | 28 October 1944 |
| End Tour of Duty (ETD) | England, UK | 21 May 1945 |
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Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). |
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| Buried | Springhill, AR 72058, USA | March 1996 |
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Springhill Cemetery |
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| Died | Mountain Pine, AR, USA | 2 March 1996 |
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