Allen, Robert William

Rank and Name, First Lieutenant Robert William Allen.

Unit/Placed, 348^th Bomber Squadron, 99^th Bomber Group (Heavy).

Robert was born on 30 December 1908 in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Father, William Henry. Allen.

Mother, Lilian (Barton) Allen.

Robert enlisted the service in Massachusetts with service number # O-2058365.

Robert’s rank/duty was a First Lieutenant/Navigator flying with the 348^th Bomber Squadron flying a B-17.

Robert’s crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-17 were;

1^st Lt. Raymond A. Studerline Pilot.

1^st Lt. Robert J. Brine Co Pilot.

1^st Lt. Robert W. Allen Navigator

1^st Lt. Harry R. Hathaway Bombardier

SSgt. Robert F. Richmond Engineer

Sgt. John H. Rinkle Asst. Engineer

SSgt. James L. Duncan Radio Operator

Sgt. Frank J. Seiferheld Asst. Radio Operator

SSgt. William E. Studebaker Waist Gunner

Sgt. Frederick B. Oetting Tail Gunner

Robert was KIA during the Mission to when the plane crashed due to Engine Trouble Jan. 20, 1945, First Lieutenant Robert W. Allen is honored with an Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.

Robert is buried/mentioned at Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence,
Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy.

Thanks to http://www.99bombgroup.org/

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org