Alton Roy Turman
Military
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UPL 48206
2LT Alton Roy Turman - Pilot
A-20K-15-DO #44-614 Code: F6-A
416th BG - 670th BG - 9th AF
A-20K-15-DO #44-614 Code: F6-A
416th BG - 670th BG - 9th AF
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Nicknames: Miss Mildred
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Nicknames: Miss Laid
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- 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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Changes
Sources
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3693&h=9262445…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8939&h=1941967…
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…