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08.08.1944 No 368th Fighter Squadron Mustang P51B 42-106867 CV-I 2nd Lt. John C. Allen
Operation: Ramrod, Lisieux, France
Date: 8th August 1944 (Tuesday)
Unit: No. 368th Fighter Squadron 359th Fighter Group
Type: P51B Mustang
Serial: 42-106867 "Pegelin"
Code: CV-I
Base: East Wretham, Thetford, Norfolk
Location: Breteuil, France
Pilot: 2nd Lt John C. Allen O-815629 USAAF Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Understood to have been shot down by a Fw190 flown by Uffz. Otto Horch 4/JG26 during a Ramrod sortie - we welcome any further information on this loss.
Burial details:
2nd Lt John C Allen. Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, France. Plot A. Row 22. Grave 11. Next of kin details not available - are you able to assist?
Researched Michel Beckers for Aircrew Remembered - October 2016. With thanks to Peter Harley and Andy Anderson for photographs.
Acknowledgments: Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include:
Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and Captain François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Andrew Mielnik: Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Polish graves: https://niebieskaeskadra.pl/, PoW Museum Żagań, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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