James was the son of Peter Levi Allard and Dora Lillian Parent. He was born October 5, 1915 in the town or Schroeder, Minnesota on the shore of Lake Superior. His siblings were half brother Cecil (Brownelle) Allard, Thomas Scott Allard, Mildred Lillian. Allard his twin sister, Raymond Allard (died in the 1918 influenza) and Dora Grace Allard. The House and farm was on Allard Hill, so called by the residents of the area.
After a particularly hard winter, James as a young man went south to St Louis to learn to be an Aeronautical Engineer At the Ryan School. He then went to San Diego, Seattle, back to see his family in Minnesota and out to Los Angeles where Lockheed was looking for his skills. He took what was supposed to be a 2 week job and soon found it permanent and in the Lockheed Skunk works. this was his dream job and he worked on many projects. the P-38 Lightning, the B-17 Bomber, The Constellation, the F104 Starfighter and the L1011. The highlights of his career there were building the prototype of the blades for the Cheyenne Helicopter and spending 6 months in secrecy building the fuel tanks for the SR-71 Blackbird.
He was drafted into the Army at the end of WW II where he spent his time as a sargent in the military Police in Anchorage, Alaska.
Sarah Died December 10 1953 and was buried near his son Clark Naham Allard at Inglewood Cemetery in Los Angeles County California. He met and married Evelyn Elaine Eldredge 20 August 1954 and she is buried here with him as she too was a vetran of the Navy. His Brother Cecil is buried a few rows away in the same Military section of Valhalla.
After a particularly hard winter, James as a young man went south to St Louis to learn to be an Aeronautical Engineer At the Ryan School. He then went to San Diego, Seattle, back to see his family in Minnesota and out to Los Angeles where Lockheed was looking for his skills. He took what was supposed to be a 2 week job and soon found it permanent and in the Lockheed Skunk works. this was his dream job and he worked on many projects. the P-38 Lightning, the B-17 Bomber, The Constellation, the F104 Starfighter and the L1011. The highlights of his career there were building the prototype of the blades for the Cheyenne Helicopter and spending 6 months in secrecy building the fuel tanks for the SR-71 Blackbird.
He was drafted into the Army at the end of WW II where he spent his time as a sargent in the military Police in Anchorage, Alaska.
Sarah Died December 10 1953 and was buried near his son Clark Naham Allard at Inglewood Cemetery in Los Angeles County California. He met and married Evelyn Elaine Eldredge 20 August 1954 and she is buried here with him as she too was a vetran of the Navy. His Brother Cecil is buried a few rows away in the same Military section of Valhalla.
James was the son of Peter Levi Allard and Dora Lillian Parent. He was born October 5, 1915 in the town or Schroeder, Minnesota on the shore of Lake Superior. His siblings were half brother Cecil (Brownelle) Allard, Thomas Scott Allard, Mildred Lillian. Allard his twin sister, Raymond Allard (died in the 1918 influenza) and Dora Grace Allard. The House and farm was on Allard Hill, so called by the residents of the area.
After a particularly hard winter, James as a young man went south to St Louis to learn to be an Aeronautical Engineer At the Ryan School. He then went to San Diego, Seattle, back to see his family in Minnesota and out to Los Angeles where Lockheed was looking for his skills. He took what was supposed to be a 2 week job and soon found it permanent and in the Lockheed Skunk works. this was his dream job and he worked on many projects. the P-38 Lightning, the B-17 Bomber, The Constellation, the F104 Starfighter and the L1011. The highlights of his career there were building the prototype of the blades for the Cheyenne Helicopter and spending 6 months in secrecy building the fuel tanks for the SR-71 Blackbird.
He was drafted into the Army at the end of WW II where he spent his time as a sargent in the military Police in Anchorage, Alaska.
Sarah Died December 10 1953 and was buried near his son Clark Naham Allard at Inglewood Cemetery in Los Angeles County California. He met and married Evelyn Elaine Eldredge 20 August 1954 and she is buried here with him as she too was a vetran of the Navy. His Brother Cecil is buried a few rows away in the same Military section of Valhalla.
After a particularly hard winter, James as a young man went south to St Louis to learn to be an Aeronautical Engineer At the Ryan School. He then went to San Diego, Seattle, back to see his family in Minnesota and out to Los Angeles where Lockheed was looking for his skills. He took what was supposed to be a 2 week job and soon found it permanent and in the Lockheed Skunk works. this was his dream job and he worked on many projects. the P-38 Lightning, the B-17 Bomber, The Constellation, the F104 Starfighter and the L1011. The highlights of his career there were building the prototype of the blades for the Cheyenne Helicopter and spending 6 months in secrecy building the fuel tanks for the SR-71 Blackbird.
He was drafted into the Army at the end of WW II where he spent his time as a sargent in the military Police in Anchorage, Alaska.
Sarah Died December 10 1953 and was buried near his son Clark Naham Allard at Inglewood Cemetery in Los Angeles County California. He met and married Evelyn Elaine Eldredge 20 August 1954 and she is buried here with him as she too was a vetran of the Navy. His Brother Cecil is buried a few rows away in the same Military section of Valhalla.
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