Walter Rex Allaman Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-54777.png UPL 54777 2nd Lt Walter Rex Allaman Jr, 446BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 54777 - 2nd Lt Walter Rex Allaman Jr, 446BG.

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

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main airfield gate is also situated, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/930. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • 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.

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Sources

MACR 5482 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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