World War II Honoree

Roger Ancel Allen

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Kiowa, Oklahoma

Honored By

Sherry L. Beasley

Relationship

Daughter

HE WAS A TAIL GUNNER ON THE 'DEVASTATING KID', A B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER. WHILE ON HIS 13TH MISSION IN 'SLIGHTLY EAGER, A BORROWED PLANE, HE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA ON JUNE 9, 1944. AFTER CAPTURE, HE WAS HELD IN STALAG LUFT 4 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP IN TYCHOWO, POLAND. AFTER BEING MARCHED OVER 500 MILES FROM POLAND THROUGH GERMANY IN THE WINTER OF 1945, HE WAS LIBERATED BY THE BRITISH ON APRIL 16, 1945 IN FALLINGBOSTEL, GERMANY.