Navigator 2nd/Lt. William D. Allen KIA
Hometown:
Squadron: 423rd BS 306th Bomb Group
Service # O-709238
Awards:
Pilot Wilbur O'Brien
Target Nantes railroad bridge
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 5795
Date Lost: 15-Jun-44
Serial Number: # 42-107212
Aircraft Model B-17G
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: Reich Wreckers
Location: Nantres
Cause: FLAK 1 KIA 7POW 1EVD
Shot down at Nantres by flak in B-17 #42107212 on 6/15/44. He was wounded as he parachuted down, then when he landed he was shot and killed. The Germans said he was trying to escape.
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 414: 1,361 bombers are dispatched in 8 forces to bomb an oil refinery Germany and numerous tactical targets in France, including 9 airfields, an aircraft plant, a CROSSBOW (V-weapon) sites, 11 bridges, a marshalling yard, and various scattered targets; 2 B-17s are lost:
Of 747 B-17s dispatched, 172 hit the Hannover/Misburg oil refinery, 16 hit Wilster, 16 hit Wesermunde, 2 hit the Hannover area and 1 hits Helgoland Island, Germany; in France, 144 hit Bordeaux/Merignac Airfield, 71 hit Nantes railroad bridge N, 71 hit La Poissonniere rail viaduct, 70 hit Angouleme marshalling yard, 59 hit Beauvoir V-weapon site, 46 hit Nantes railroad bridge S, 12 hit Gael Airfield and 10 hit a viaduct N of Nantes; 2 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 267 damaged; 7 airmen are WIA and 18 MIA.
The Reich Wreckers Crew
2nd/Lt. Wilbur B O'Brien Pilot POW
George C. Price Co Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. William D. Allen Navigator POW/KIA
2nd/Lt. William B. Uhlhorn Bombardier POW
T/Sgt. Richard F. Boozer Engineer POW
T/Sgt. Odis G. Pearson Radio Op. POW
S/Sgt. David F. Gibson Gunner POW
S/Sgt. John S. Sutton Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Arne G. Ziem Gunner EVD- ret UK before 15/8/44
Hometown:
Squadron: 423rd BS 306th Bomb Group
Service # O-709238
Awards:
Pilot Wilbur O'Brien
Target Nantes railroad bridge
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 5795
Date Lost: 15-Jun-44
Serial Number: # 42-107212
Aircraft Model B-17G
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: Reich Wreckers
Location: Nantres
Cause: FLAK 1 KIA 7POW 1EVD
Shot down at Nantres by flak in B-17 #42107212 on 6/15/44. He was wounded as he parachuted down, then when he landed he was shot and killed. The Germans said he was trying to escape.
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 414: 1,361 bombers are dispatched in 8 forces to bomb an oil refinery Germany and numerous tactical targets in France, including 9 airfields, an aircraft plant, a CROSSBOW (V-weapon) sites, 11 bridges, a marshalling yard, and various scattered targets; 2 B-17s are lost:
Of 747 B-17s dispatched, 172 hit the Hannover/Misburg oil refinery, 16 hit Wilster, 16 hit Wesermunde, 2 hit the Hannover area and 1 hits Helgoland Island, Germany; in France, 144 hit Bordeaux/Merignac Airfield, 71 hit Nantes railroad bridge N, 71 hit La Poissonniere rail viaduct, 70 hit Angouleme marshalling yard, 59 hit Beauvoir V-weapon site, 46 hit Nantes railroad bridge S, 12 hit Gael Airfield and 10 hit a viaduct N of Nantes; 2 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 267 damaged; 7 airmen are WIA and 18 MIA.
The Reich Wreckers Crew
2nd/Lt. Wilbur B O'Brien Pilot POW
George C. Price Co Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. William D. Allen Navigator POW/KIA
2nd/Lt. William B. Uhlhorn Bombardier POW
T/Sgt. Richard F. Boozer Engineer POW
T/Sgt. Odis G. Pearson Radio Op. POW
S/Sgt. David F. Gibson Gunner POW
S/Sgt. John S. Sutton Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Arne G. Ziem Gunner EVD- ret UK before 15/8/44
Navigator 2nd/Lt. William D. Allen KIA
Hometown:
Squadron: 423rd BS 306th Bomb Group
Service # O-709238
Awards:
Pilot Wilbur O'Brien
Target Nantes railroad bridge
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 5795
Date Lost: 15-Jun-44
Serial Number: # 42-107212
Aircraft Model B-17G
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: Reich Wreckers
Location: Nantres
Cause: FLAK 1 KIA 7POW 1EVD
Shot down at Nantres by flak in B-17 #42107212 on 6/15/44. He was wounded as he parachuted down, then when he landed he was shot and killed. The Germans said he was trying to escape.
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 414: 1,361 bombers are dispatched in 8 forces to bomb an oil refinery Germany and numerous tactical targets in France, including 9 airfields, an aircraft plant, a CROSSBOW (V-weapon) sites, 11 bridges, a marshalling yard, and various scattered targets; 2 B-17s are lost:
Of 747 B-17s dispatched, 172 hit the Hannover/Misburg oil refinery, 16 hit Wilster, 16 hit Wesermunde, 2 hit the Hannover area and 1 hits Helgoland Island, Germany; in France, 144 hit Bordeaux/Merignac Airfield, 71 hit Nantes railroad bridge N, 71 hit La Poissonniere rail viaduct, 70 hit Angouleme marshalling yard, 59 hit Beauvoir V-weapon site, 46 hit Nantes railroad bridge S, 12 hit Gael Airfield and 10 hit a viaduct N of Nantes; 2 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 267 damaged; 7 airmen are WIA and 18 MIA.
The Reich Wreckers Crew
2nd/Lt. Wilbur B O'Brien Pilot POW
George C. Price Co Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. William D. Allen Navigator POW/KIA
2nd/Lt. William B. Uhlhorn Bombardier POW
T/Sgt. Richard F. Boozer Engineer POW
T/Sgt. Odis G. Pearson Radio Op. POW
S/Sgt. David F. Gibson Gunner POW
S/Sgt. John S. Sutton Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Arne G. Ziem Gunner EVD- ret UK before 15/8/44
Hometown:
Squadron: 423rd BS 306th Bomb Group
Service # O-709238
Awards:
Pilot Wilbur O'Brien
Target Nantes railroad bridge
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 5795
Date Lost: 15-Jun-44
Serial Number: # 42-107212
Aircraft Model B-17G
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: Reich Wreckers
Location: Nantres
Cause: FLAK 1 KIA 7POW 1EVD
Shot down at Nantres by flak in B-17 #42107212 on 6/15/44. He was wounded as he parachuted down, then when he landed he was shot and killed. The Germans said he was trying to escape.
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 414: 1,361 bombers are dispatched in 8 forces to bomb an oil refinery Germany and numerous tactical targets in France, including 9 airfields, an aircraft plant, a CROSSBOW (V-weapon) sites, 11 bridges, a marshalling yard, and various scattered targets; 2 B-17s are lost:
Of 747 B-17s dispatched, 172 hit the Hannover/Misburg oil refinery, 16 hit Wilster, 16 hit Wesermunde, 2 hit the Hannover area and 1 hits Helgoland Island, Germany; in France, 144 hit Bordeaux/Merignac Airfield, 71 hit Nantes railroad bridge N, 71 hit La Poissonniere rail viaduct, 70 hit Angouleme marshalling yard, 59 hit Beauvoir V-weapon site, 46 hit Nantes railroad bridge S, 12 hit Gael Airfield and 10 hit a viaduct N of Nantes; 2 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 267 damaged; 7 airmen are WIA and 18 MIA.
The Reich Wreckers Crew
2nd/Lt. Wilbur B O'Brien Pilot POW
George C. Price Co Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. William D. Allen Navigator POW/KIA
2nd/Lt. William B. Uhlhorn Bombardier POW
T/Sgt. Richard F. Boozer Engineer POW
T/Sgt. Odis G. Pearson Radio Op. POW
S/Sgt. David F. Gibson Gunner POW
S/Sgt. John S. Sutton Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Arne G. Ziem Gunner EVD- ret UK before 15/8/44
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