World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
John Loverude Allen
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Los Angeles, California
Honored By
Jeffrey, Lorraine, Julie
Relationship
Children
465TH BOMB GROUP, 783RD BOMB SQUADRON, PILOT B-26 AIRCRAFT, PILOT B-24 AIRCRAFT. AIR OFFENSIVE EUROPE; COMPLETED 30 MISSIONS. ON AUGUST 3, 1944 HE WAS SHOT DOWN AFTER BOMBING RAID NEAR FREDERICKSHAVEN, GERMANY. CAPTURED TWO DAYS LATER; TO HOSPITAL IN MUNICH, THEN POW AT STALAG LUFT I ON THE BALTIC SEA.