Allen D Singleton | American Air Museum

Allen D Singleton Jr

Military

Crashed in the North Sea and was rescued on an escort and support mission to Southern Germany on 18 Mar 1944 in P-38J #42-67883. RTD. Prisoner of War (POW) Hit by flak and crashed near Specken on 8 Apr 1944 in P-38 #42-67719.

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Units served with

20th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

496th Fighter Training Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

554th Fighter Training Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

Pilots of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, stand around a map at Kings Cliffe air base before mission over northern France, October 1943. L to R: First Lieutenant Merle B. Nichols, Seattle, Wash.; Major Nathaniel H. Blanton, Earlsboro, Oklahoma and First Lieutenant Richard P. Gatterdam, Columbus, Ohio. Censor has drawn lines across the map. Each of these pilots went on to command one of the squadrons of the 20th Fighter Group. Gatterdam commanded the 55th Fighter Squadron, Nichols the 77th a

55th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

79th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Ackerly, Texas

Revisions

Date24 Apr 2019 15:23:37

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

Changes

Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date27 Sep 2014 18:03:28

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3613, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces