World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Roy W. Allen
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Ralph Bozorth
SERVED AS 2ND LIEUTENANT AND PILOT OF A B-17 BOMBER NAMED “LOCAL MISSION” WITH THE 457TH BOMB GROUP, 8TH AIRFORCE AND WAS STATIONED IN GLATTON, ENGLAND. SHOT DOWN IN FRANCE AND WAS CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS. HELD AS A PRISONER OF WAR AT THE BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP IN GERMANY AND LATER AT THE STALAG LUFT III IN POLAND. LIBERATED BY GENERAL PATTON’S 3RD ARMY ON APRIL 29,1945. RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISHED AIR MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTER CAMPAIGN MEDAL, PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL AND THE WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.