Robert Louis Allin
MilitaryShot down 22 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29273 'Flak Magnet'. Prisoner of War (POW).
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16092460
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13014831 / O-531028
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33192630
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-811278
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
28 December 1920 | Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
22 April 1944 | Captured in Hemer-Becke, Germany. Interned at Stalag XVIIB in Braunau-Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control 9 July 1945.” | |
Died |
20 February 1983 | ||
Born |
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas |
Revisions
MACR 4180
WWII Draft card
WWII POW records
Downed Allied Aircraft Kampfflugzeug Unterlagen (KU) Reports KU 1487 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139542878
Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4180 / MACR 4180 & Page 272 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 &
href="http://www.458bg.com/crew33spaven.htm">http://www.458bg.com/crew33spaven.htm> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database