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World War II Honoree

Civilian on the Home Front

Edmund Turney Allen

Hometown

Chicago, Illinois

Honored By

Pearl Thomas

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Activity During WWII

He served as an engineer and test pilot of many of the WWII planes, such as the B-17B, B-17C, B-17D, B-17E, B-17F. He was the test pilot of the Boeing XB-29 Superfortress that eventually was used to dropped the atomic bombs over Nagasaki and Hiroshima. He was killed on February 18, 1943 while testing the second prototype of the B-29 Superfortress. He was posthumously awarded the Air Medal.