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ALLAYAUD, Donald - Date of
birth
11 February 1924 -
Age
20 -
Place of birth
Nemacolin, Greene County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Greene County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-829608 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
62nd Fighter Squadron,
56th Fighter Group
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
23 December 1944 - Place of
death
Legacy, northeast of Valenciennes, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
William Allayaud (father)
Helen J. Allayaud (mother)
Louise Allayaud (brother)
William G. Allayaud (brother)
Isabel Allayaud (sister)
Glen Allayaud (brother)
Helen J. Allayaud (sister)
Beatrice E. (Jeffreys) Allayaud (wife)
Donald Allayaud Jr. (son)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-28683 -
Data
Type: P-47D
Destination: Frankfurt, Germany
Mission: Patrol/Escort
MACR:10800
More information
"It being Lt Allayaud's first mission, I decided to take him to Legacy as I had enough gas to do so and then get home. I steered 220 for 18 minutes over a 10/10 overcast at 9,500 and then called for him to let down through the clouds, and I would fly his wing as my flight instruments were out. I got on his left wing, and he signaled that he had 40 gallons of gas. We started the descent in a normal instrument let down until at 3,000. I believed him to be in a diving spiral to the right and to level off, but got no answer. I continued to let down to 800 indicated and had not broken out, so I leveled off and climbed up again. I called him on the RT several times to tell him to climb back up, but got no answer, so I came on out alone."Source of information: Michel Beckers, Nigel Julian, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.56thfightergroup.co.uk, www.findagrave.com - Adriana, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File
Photo source: Michel Beckers, Nigel Julian, www.findagrave.com - Adriana