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SGT Joseph V. Allain

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SGT Joseph V. Allain

Birth
Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
29 Apr 1945 (aged 21)
Japan
Burial
Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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SECTION 82 SITE 138-140
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Radio-operator aboard B-29-25-MO Superfortress #42-65295.


Killed when his B-29 was forced to leave formation when it was attacked by Japanese fighter planes while on a mission to bomb Nyakonojo Airfield, Kyushu, Japan during the war.


The B-29 was believed to have been hit by an aerial bomb and crashed in Karakama, Mobiki Village, Kimotsuki County, Kagoshima Prefecture. No parachutes were observed.


All eleven crewmembers were Killed In Action. Witnesses observed the crash site strafed repeatedly by enemy fighters. Missing Air Crew Report № 14309.


The airmen were:


1LT Marvel L Geer, O-725714, OR, A/C Pilot

1LT Harry J Widows, O-771857, Co-Pilot

1LT Charles E Farber, O-2060689, PA, Bombardier

2LT Edward J Sullivan Jr, O-2058039, MA, Navigator

MSGT William R Block, 16021544, WI, Flight Engineer

SGT Joseph V Allain, 36637460, TX, Radio Operator

TSGT Carnie B Hix, 18061877, TX, Aerial Gunner

SGT Robert C Middlemas, 42101398, NJ, Aerial Gunner

SGT Robert G Morrisroe, 12109725, NJ, Aerial Gunner

SGT Emil W Mueller, 42092376, NY, Radar Operator

SGT Edward J Plunge, 12109725, CT, Aerial Gunner

Radio-operator aboard B-29-25-MO Superfortress #42-65295.


Killed when his B-29 was forced to leave formation when it was attacked by Japanese fighter planes while on a mission to bomb Nyakonojo Airfield, Kyushu, Japan during the war.


The B-29 was believed to have been hit by an aerial bomb and crashed in Karakama, Mobiki Village, Kimotsuki County, Kagoshima Prefecture. No parachutes were observed.


All eleven crewmembers were Killed In Action. Witnesses observed the crash site strafed repeatedly by enemy fighters. Missing Air Crew Report № 14309.


The airmen were:


1LT Marvel L Geer, O-725714, OR, A/C Pilot

1LT Harry J Widows, O-771857, Co-Pilot

1LT Charles E Farber, O-2060689, PA, Bombardier

2LT Edward J Sullivan Jr, O-2058039, MA, Navigator

MSGT William R Block, 16021544, WI, Flight Engineer

SGT Joseph V Allain, 36637460, TX, Radio Operator

TSGT Carnie B Hix, 18061877, TX, Aerial Gunner

SGT Robert C Middlemas, 42101398, NJ, Aerial Gunner

SGT Robert G Morrisroe, 12109725, NJ, Aerial Gunner

SGT Emil W Mueller, 42092376, NY, Radar Operator

SGT Edward J Plunge, 12109725, CT, Aerial Gunner

Inscription

SGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II

Gravesite Details

Originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on August 8, 1949.

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