Charles Andrew Allshouse
Military ROLL OF HONOURMedia taken from http://www.findagrave.com
Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Anklam, Germany. Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29740. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 896.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672805
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tondelayo
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 337th Bomb Squadron 339th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA | 6 March 1924 | Son of Elmer Franklin and Mabel Florence [Deemer] Allshouse. |
Enlisted |
Greensburg, PA 15601, USA | 4 November 1942 | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Denmark | 9 October 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Anklam, Germany. Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29740. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 896. |
Westmoreland County, PA, USA | |||
Based |
Bassingbourn | 9 October 1943 | Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Greensburg, PA 15601, USA | Harrold Zion cemetery Hempsfield Township Greensburg, PA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Combat Chronology Supplement p. 204 ;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
Combined two entries into a single entry. Record includes information from the following sources:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Allshouse&GSfn=ch…;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history
http://www.91stbombgroup.com/91st_info/casualty_list.html
http://www.fold3.com/image/28612476/
MACR 896 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database