Alton Roy Turman

Military
media-48206.jpeg UPL 48206 2LT Alton Roy Turman - Pilot
A-20K-15-DO #44-614 Code: F6-A
416th BG - 670th BG - 9th AF

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Object Number - UPL 48206 - 2LT Alton Roy Turman - Pilot A-20K-15-DO #44-614 Code: F6-A 416th BG - 670th BG - 9th AF

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Units served with

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'

416th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-29286

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron

41-39205

  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Nicknames: Miss Mildred
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron

41-39214

  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron

41-39223

  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron

41-39224

  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Nicknames: Miss Laid
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron

Places

Melun

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Melun, Alsace

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Tyrone, PA 11 February 1924

Enlisted

Columbus, OH 17 February 1942 Fort Hays

Other

Final 416th BG Combat Mission

Stod, Germany 1 May 1944

Other

First 416th BG Combat Mission

Zulpich, Germany 24 December 1944

Other

Successful Crash Landing

Melun Airfield, France 23 January 1945 Returning from an operational mission on 23 January 1945, Lt. Turman was unable to extend his right main landing gear. Consequently, he made a landing using only his nose gear and left main gear. The right wing tip, right propeller, right engine, and right engine nacelle were damaged. A-20 41-39219

Died

Lafayette, TN 3 September 2012
Wooster, Ohio

Revisions

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Sources

https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3693&h=9262445…
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https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/500281646:2190?tid=&p…
http://www.416th.com/missions/LoadingList.html
https://www.andersonandsonfuneralhomes.com/obituary/Alton-Turman
http://www.416th.com/MACR_AAR/19450123_41-39219_AAR-45-1-23-525_Turman…

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