Allan Olavi Amann
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 55972 - 2nd Lt Allan O. Amann, 388BG.
Assigned to 563BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by 20mm shells from ME109s on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8-Mar-44, B-17 42-30340 'Screamin Red Ass' crashed West of Magdeburg, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3079
Awards: PH.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-698765
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34420221
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17114235
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38006801 / O-696495
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New York State | 11 November 1918 | Son of Harry I and Impi M Amann. |
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Enlisted |
New York City, NY | 24 January 1941 | New York City, New York |
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Died |
West of Magdeburg, Germany | 8 March 1944 | |
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Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-Avold, France Plot C Row 16 Grave 85 | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Knettishall | 8 March 1944 | Assigned to 563BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
ABMC, MACR 3079, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3079 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database