Arthur Hawkins Allen Jr

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Arthur Allen UPL 60857 UPL 60857 1st Lt Arthur H. Allen

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Object Number - UPL 60857 - 1st Lt Arthur H. Allen

Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA). Died after aerial rocket struck cockpit. B17 managed to return to base.



Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (2OLC), EAME, PH.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Talladega, Alabama 13 October 1919 Born Talladega, Alabama

Died

26 July 1943

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambs, UK 1 January 1946 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambs, UK

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Combat Chronology, Unit History, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 504 , WWII Memorial web site / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 60857 - 1st Lt Arthur H. Allen