Allender Jr. ,Samuel Wilbur

Rank and Name, Technical Sergeant Samuel Wilbur Allender Jr.

Unit/Placed in, 401^st Bomber Squadron, 91^st Bomber Group (Heavy) “The Ragged Irregulars “.

Samuel was born on 21 April 1918 in Bridgeville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Father, Samuel Wilbur Allender.

Mother, Edith Vearl (Doolittle) Allender.

Sister, Alda L. Allender.

Brother, John Warren Allender.

Samuel enlisted the service in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 8, 1942 with service number # 33265840.

Samuel’s rank/duty was a Technical Sergeant/Engineer flying with the 401^th Bomber Squadron flying a B-24.

Samuel’s crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 were;

2nd/Lt.        William B. McAdams          Pilot
2nd/Lt.        Robert Shipp Jr.               Co Pilot
2nd/Lt.        Grey C. Winchester            Navigator
2nd/Lt.        Thomas W. Kenefick          Bombardier
T/Sgt.          Samuel W. Allender Jr.       Engineer
T/Sgt.          Alfred Ramones                Radio Operator
S/Sgt.           Bernard Silverman            Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt.           Gilberto M. Ortiz               Top Turret Gunner
Sgt.              Joseph G. Chisar                Waist Gunner
S/Sgt           Earl V. Miller                   Tail Gunner

Samuel was KIA/MIA during the Mission to the Naval-Yard Willemshaven, Germany, they were shot by enemy planes and crashed in the North-Sea on Nov. 3, 1943, Samuel is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, European, African, Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Samuel is buried/mentioned at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.

Thanks to http://www.91stbombgroup.com/

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