Harry Allchin Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-27753.jpeg UPL 27753 Lubbock Field Class 43-E

Lubbock Field Class 43-E

Object Number - UPL 27753 - Lubbock Field Class 43-E

Co-pilot, Duncan crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 1 December 1943 in B-17 #42-29506 'Full Boost!'. Mission #46 to the chemical plant at Leverkusen, Germany. Diverted to the steel works at Solinger, Germany. MACR 1578. Killed in Action (KIA). Originally buried in the Memorial Cemetery of St Omer at Longuenesse, Germany. Buried in the Normandy AMC.

3 missions - 16 November 1943-Knaben, Norway; 26 November 1943-Bremen, Ger. ; 1 December 1943-Leverkusen, Ger.

Mentor, OH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32497997
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-796792
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-749433
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39256298
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-744481
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Full Boost!
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

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Born

Mentor, Ohio 18 February 1920

Other

Killed in action

1 December 1943

Buried

Plot A Row 7 Grave 32

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Lubbock Field Class 43-E

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Merged with duplicate record to include details from:
MACR 1578 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.

Amendment to surname from : http://www.381stbg.org/lc3.php

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Military Personnel Records; Book from sister titled 'My Brother Harry'; MACR 1578

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