Serviceman
Clinton M Allinson
Play his story on the map built from his record
- Army serial number
- 37651158
- Rank
- Sgt (6 December 1943), SGT (14 June 1944), s/Sgt (14 June 1944), S/Sgt (19 June 1944), SSGT (6 July 1944), SSGT (14 September 1944), SSGT (21 October 1944), S/Sgt (4 November 1944)
- Hometown
- HAMPTON FALLS IA; Iowa Falls IA; IOWA FALLS IA; New Hampton, IA
- Also written
- Clinton Allinson
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 90, 176
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, macr-crew, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Crews
- Nolan E. Guttery Crew · 840th
- Warren Owens Crew · 840th
Missions placed on him
- mission 32, 14 June 1944 · Budapest, Csepel · Aboard, per the Missing Air Crew Report
A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 1944 | Air Medal | 1048 | SGT |
| 6 July 1944 | Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster | 1604 | SSGT |
| 6 July 1944 | Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster | 1608 | SSGT |
| 14 September 1944 | Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster | 3394 | SSGT |
| 21 October 1944 | Air Medal, 4th oak leaf cluster | 4084 | SSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Aboard a lost aircraft
- MACR 6419 · 42-31631 · 14 June 1944 · mission 32, 14 June 1944
Morning reports
5 entries, first 6 December 1943, last 4 November 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt, Sgt, s/Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.
- 1943-12-06 HQ: Charles Is Pickett
- 1944-06-14 840th: Above EM dy to MIA. FLD 0 & CAPT IST LT 2D LT
- 1944-06-19 840th: Above 5 EM reported as VIA dropped fr rolls. Prev rptd on strength section of M/R 18 June Wiso 377 EM Asgd Present for Dv. now corrected to read 368 EM
- 1944-07-23 840th: 5/SEt
- 1944-11-04 840th: 16081969 Kuhn s/Sgt Above 6 XII reld of dy & trfd to Repl Depot # 7, per Par 3, Subj Orders, Hg 15th AF,
National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 270, roll 478083643 p. 27, roll 478083643 p. 35, roll 481433713 p. 514, roll 576476048 p. 1304
Statements, mentions and histories
- 6 more statements from MACR 6419 are on the loss record.
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