WWII

Francis Everett Allen

Rate / Rank
T Sergeant

Birthdate
November 2 1916

Date of Death
August 12 2008

Branch
USAAC

Active Duty Service
August 1 1942 - October 16 1945

Conflicts & Campaigns

Air Combat Balkans; Rome-Arno; Air Offensive Europe; Normandy

Significant Duty Stations

Inducted; Fort McPherson, Georgia. Basic training; St. Petersburg, Florida.
Basic Airman training; Goldsboro, North Carolina. Primary flight training; Maxwell Field, Alabama.
Gunnery Training; Tyndall Field, Florida. Combat training; Salt Lake City, Utah,
Flight Engineer on B-17 Bomber 15th Air Force, 463 Bomb Group, 772nd Bomb Squadron, Celone Airfield, Italy. Charged; Maxwell Field, Alabama.

Decorations & Citations

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 4 battle stars; Air Medal; Air Crew Member Badge
Prisoner of War Medal (reported captured July 8, 1944) Good Conduct Medal; World War II Victory Medal

Notes

Army serial number 34-355-687. Born; Cairo, Georgia. Taken Prisoner of War by German forces in 1944. Was flight engineer on B-17 bomber, on 8th bombing mission was shot down while on mission to bomb an ammunition dump near Vienna, Austria. Imprisoned July 8, 1944, Stalag Luft 4, Gross-Tychow. Moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust. Liberated May 2, 1945. Graduate of Cairo High School Class of 1933. Served as clerk, Cairo Post Office for 17 years, until appointed as postmaster. Brother of MM 3 Maurice Gerald Allen US Navy. Burial; Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.