Andrew Lanson Allen
Military
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UPL 38327
"Back from the 11-hour haul to Marienburg, Germany on 11 April 1944, 1st Lt. Boudinot Stimson and his crew of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, pose beside their Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, England."
Rear L-R: S/Sgt Alfred Lesage, Cpl Andrew L Allen, Cpl Paul J Amos, T/Sgt Karl E Kukurin, T/Sgt Paul S Melia, T/Sgt Carman L Mancuso.
Front L-R: 1Lt Jack L Pfaffman,1Lt Boudinot Stimson, 1Lt John Edwin O'Neal Jr, 1Lt Robert H Timberlake.
Rear L-R: S/Sgt Alfred Lesage, Cpl Andrew L Allen, Cpl Paul J Amos, T/Sgt Karl E Kukurin, T/Sgt Paul S Melia, T/Sgt Carman L Mancuso.
Front L-R: 1Lt Jack L Pfaffman,1Lt Boudinot Stimson, 1Lt John Edwin O'Neal Jr, 1Lt Robert H Timberlake.
Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 42-97464 'What Next ?'; Shot down 13-Apr-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3941
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12075079 / O-799493
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: What Next ?
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Stowe, Vermont, USA | 14 March 1920 | Son of Lanson Ernest and Helen Elizabeth [Johnson] Allen. |
Enlisted |
Fort Devens, MA | 6 February 1942 | Fort Devens, Massachusetts |
Other Baled out POW |
Weibersbrunn, Germany | 13 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 42-97464 'What Next ?'; Shot down 13-Apr-44. POW. MACR 3941 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 13 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
Died |
Morrisville, VT | 11 January 2005 | |
Buried |
Mountain View Cemetery Morristown, Lamoille County, VT | 15 January 2005 | Mountain View Cemetery Morristown, Lamoille County, Vermont |
Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Deenethorpe | 13 April 1944 | Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3941 / MACR 3941, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=554 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database