David Christopher Allen

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 64552 - T/Sgt David C. Allen

Assigned to 852BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions. Crashed, exploded and burned 5-Jan-45 in assembly ship B-24 44-40165 'Rage in Heaven' near Swaffham after taking off in a snowstorm to lead the assembly of the group. Killed in Action (KIA)



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH, EAME (5 x battle stars).

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Vernon McKinstry
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-463894
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Rage In Heaven
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Dallas County, TX 20 October 1913 Son of Gray L. and Frances E [Braddock] Allen.

Enlisted

Dallas, TX 8 October 1942 Dallas, Texas

Based

North Pickenham 10 May 1944 - 5 January 1945 Assigned to 852BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Swaffham, UK 5 January 1945 Crashed, exploded and burned in assembly ship B-24 44-40165 'Rage in Heaven' near Swaffham Killed in Action (KIA)

Buried

6 January 1945 Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot D Row 3 Grave 80

Other

Training

Sheppard Field, Chicago, IL Trained - Sheppard Field, Chicago, Illinois

Other

Training

Fort Myers, Florida Trained - Fort Myers, Florida

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Sources

Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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