World War II Honoree

Thomas Peter Allenby, Jr.

Hometown

Corinth, New York

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 22 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 26 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK III (DV867) CRASHED BETWEEN STRAMROY AND HUNSEL IN LIMBURG, THE NETHERLANDS DURING A BOMBING RAID TO DUSSELDORF, GERMANY ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1942. BURIED AT JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY, NIJMEGEN, GELDERLAND, THE NETHERLANDS.