There is a cenotaph for Harry in the Mentor Cemetery in Mentor Ohio.
2nd Lt Harry Allchin was a member of the 532nd Bomber Squadron 381st Bomber. On his fifth mission his plane was shot down by flak and crashed near Cassel, France. Of the 10 men on board, six were dead or died during the explosion. Although 2nd Lt. Allchin was the co-pilot's seat of the Ye White Swan when it went down.
Harry recieved the Purple Heart posthumously.
Recorded Dec 2 by
532nd Bomb Sq.
381st Bomb Group (H)
War Diary
Submitted by Lt. G.T. Kelley
DECEMBER 1943
2. The target for today was Leverkusen, where is located one of the largest chemical plants in Europe and produces a wide range of products, particularly poison gases. 20,000 of the 50,000 population is dependent on this factory.
Seven aircraft took part: Capt Baltrusaitis, Lts Clare, Robinson, McNeill, Beckman, Duncan and Wood. This mission proved costly as Lt Duncan is Missing in Action.
Crew and where they are buried.
Jason H. Duncan POW
Mac Wayne Huffman
Robert G. Kessler
Vinal L. Wade
Edward V. Doherty
Leon D. Jeffers
Morris. A. Wall POW
Harold G. Starkey POW
Roy F. Mattson. POW
2nd Lt Harry Allchin was a member of the 532nd Bomber Squadron 381st Bomber. On his fifth mission his plane was shot down by flak and crashed near Cassel, France. Of the 10 men on board, six were dead or died during the explosion. Although 2nd Lt. Allchin was the co-pilot's seat of the Ye White Swan when it went down.
Harry recieved the Purple Heart posthumously.
Recorded Dec 2 by
532nd Bomb Sq.
381st Bomb Group (H)
War Diary
Submitted by Lt. G.T. Kelley
DECEMBER 1943
2. The target for today was Leverkusen, where is located one of the largest chemical plants in Europe and produces a wide range of products, particularly poison gases. 20,000 of the 50,000 population is dependent on this factory.
Seven aircraft took part: Capt Baltrusaitis, Lts Clare, Robinson, McNeill, Beckman, Duncan and Wood. This mission proved costly as Lt Duncan is Missing in Action.
Crew and where they are buried.
Jason H. Duncan POW
Mac Wayne Huffman
Robert G. Kessler
Vinal L. Wade
Edward V. Doherty
Leon D. Jeffers
Morris. A. Wall POW
Harold G. Starkey POW
Roy F. Mattson. POW
There is a cenotaph for Harry in the Mentor Cemetery in Mentor Ohio.
2nd Lt Harry Allchin was a member of the 532nd Bomber Squadron 381st Bomber. On his fifth mission his plane was shot down by flak and crashed near Cassel, France. Of the 10 men on board, six were dead or died during the explosion. Although 2nd Lt. Allchin was the co-pilot's seat of the Ye White Swan when it went down.
Harry recieved the Purple Heart posthumously.
Recorded Dec 2 by
532nd Bomb Sq.
381st Bomb Group (H)
War Diary
Submitted by Lt. G.T. Kelley
DECEMBER 1943
2. The target for today was Leverkusen, where is located one of the largest chemical plants in Europe and produces a wide range of products, particularly poison gases. 20,000 of the 50,000 population is dependent on this factory.
Seven aircraft took part: Capt Baltrusaitis, Lts Clare, Robinson, McNeill, Beckman, Duncan and Wood. This mission proved costly as Lt Duncan is Missing in Action.
Crew and where they are buried.
Jason H. Duncan POW
Mac Wayne Huffman
Robert G. Kessler
Vinal L. Wade
Edward V. Doherty
Leon D. Jeffers
Morris. A. Wall POW
Harold G. Starkey POW
Roy F. Mattson. POW
2nd Lt Harry Allchin was a member of the 532nd Bomber Squadron 381st Bomber. On his fifth mission his plane was shot down by flak and crashed near Cassel, France. Of the 10 men on board, six were dead or died during the explosion. Although 2nd Lt. Allchin was the co-pilot's seat of the Ye White Swan when it went down.
Harry recieved the Purple Heart posthumously.
Recorded Dec 2 by
532nd Bomb Sq.
381st Bomb Group (H)
War Diary
Submitted by Lt. G.T. Kelley
DECEMBER 1943
2. The target for today was Leverkusen, where is located one of the largest chemical plants in Europe and produces a wide range of products, particularly poison gases. 20,000 of the 50,000 population is dependent on this factory.
Seven aircraft took part: Capt Baltrusaitis, Lts Clare, Robinson, McNeill, Beckman, Duncan and Wood. This mission proved costly as Lt Duncan is Missing in Action.
Crew and where they are buried.
Jason H. Duncan POW
Mac Wayne Huffman
Robert G. Kessler
Vinal L. Wade
Edward V. Doherty
Leon D. Jeffers
Morris. A. Wall POW
Harold G. Starkey POW
Roy F. Mattson. POW
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Entered the service from Ohio.
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