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Personal info

Full name
PHILLIPS, Allen Wilfred
Date of birth
7 August 1909
Age
34
Place of birth
California
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32612831
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Left Waist Gunner
Unit
67th Bombardment Squadron,
44th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 April 1944
Place of death
Abbeville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 14 32

Immediate family

Members
Helen (Kennedy) Phillips (mother)
Evelyn D. (Salpore) Phillips (wife)
Rose Phillips (daughter)
Wilfred Phillips (son)

Plane data

Serial number
41-29467
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Moyenneville, France
Mission: V-Weapons
MACR: 4257

More information

S/Sgt Allen W. Phillips was a railroad clerk.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 30 October 1942.

1st Lt James G. Owens:
"Aircraft #467 was observed to receive a direct hit by flak in its #3 and #4 engines. The right wing fell off, and the aircraft tipped on its left wing – started down in a tight spiral. It soon became enveloped in flames and then exploded. No chutes were seen."

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. Andre, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.fold3.com, WWII Draft Card, 1940 US Census, 1925 New York State Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten