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Personal info

Full name
ALLISON, Robert Perry

Date of birth
24 March 1919

Age
24

Place of birth
Moscow, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Hometown
Moscow, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-2043752

Rank
Second Lieutenant

Function
Bombardier

Unit
331st Bombardment Squadron,
94th Bombardment Group, Heavy

Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action

Date of death
17 August 1943

Place of death
Dr. Vanderhoeydonckstraat
Lummen-Oostereinde, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes

Plot	Row	Grave
A	36	40

Immediate family

Members
George Allison (father)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30389

Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Dear Mom
Destination: Regensburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Messerschmitt aircraft factory
MACR: 323

More information

Robert P. Allison attended college and worked on a farm.

He enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 21 April 1941.

The airplane was hit during a frontal attack by Major Borris of JG-26.

One crew member was taken prisoner, two men evaded capture and six men were killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of the airfield of Sint-Truiden, Belgium on 20 August 1943.

At the location of the crash, a monument was erected in memory of the crew.

Lt Allison is also remembered at the Cemetery of Hollisterville, Pennsylvania.