2LT Robert Nye Allen (1918-1942) - Find a Grave Memorial

2LT Robert Nye Allen Veteran

Birth

5 Jan 1918

Death

3 Oct 1942 (aged 24)

Northern Ireland

Burial

Memory Gardens Cemetery and Memorial Park

Colonie, Albany County, New York, USA Show Map

Plot

Garden of Memorylawn, 677

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Killed in Service when B-17F Flying Fortress

#41-24451 struck Oura Hill, Beaghs Mountain, Northern Ireland while in transit to Great Britian. He was the navigator. Crashed into Slieve An Orra mountain 40 miles north of Belfast, Northern Ireland on October 3, 1942. Eight crew members perished in the crash while 2 crew members survived.

Crew-members perished:

1LT John A. McLean - Pilot

CAPT Dale L. Lasselle - Co-Pilot

2LT Robert Allen - Navigator

2LT Leonard L Koebel - Bombardier

SGT Robert J. Vaughan - Gunner

CPL John N Gibson - Radio Operator

PVT Justin Hamblin - Engineer

CAPT George C. Wassell, MD - passenger

Survivors:

CPL Leon Harrison - Flight Engineer

PFC Norman E. Wicks - Radio Operator

Cenotaph here

Killed in Service when B-17F Flying Fortress

Crew-members perished:

1LT John A. McLean - Pilot

CAPT Dale L. Lasselle - Co-Pilot

2LT Robert Allen - Navigator

2LT Leonard L Koebel - Bombardier

SGT Robert J. Vaughan - Gunner

CPL John N Gibson - Radio Operator

PVT Justin Hamblin - Engineer

CAPT George C. Wassell, MD - passenger

Survivors:

CPL Leon Harrison - Flight Engineer

PFC Norman E. Wicks - Radio Operator

Cenotaph here

Inscription

2Lieut
401 AAF Bomb SQ
World War II

Gravesite Details

Buried 1948

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