Technical Sergeant, 511th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, World War II.

Perished when B-17G Flying Fortress #43-38080 collided with B-17 #43-37595 over Lutton, on approach to Polebrook, England, while returning from a bombing mission over continental Europe.

1st Lt. Edward R Ashton, O-806032, FL, Pilot

Flt. Off. George Y Bowman, T-062947, CT, Co-Pilot

2nd Lt. Donald A Cornell, O2064528, NE, Navigator

2nd Lt. John F McNeill, O-782949, SC, Bombardier

T/Sgt. James S Allman, 18136207, AR, Radio Operator/Gunner

Sgt. John C Connelly, 35585041, IN, Tail Gunner

S/Sgt. Bruce S Cook, 33344598, PA, Tail Gunner

S/Sgt. John P Folks Jr, 38391623, LA, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

Sgt. John Y Nelson, 39215872, WA, Ball Turret Gunner

Sgt. Harold R Wieland, 32985509, NY, Waist Gunner

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He was a son of James Ivey and Anna Howard Allman, James was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas on November 17, 1920.

He married Helena Gronlund/Granlundhad on June 17, 1944, in Tampa, Florida.

James attended Hot Springs High School and after graduation attended Southwestern University at Memphis, Tennessee. After college, he went to work at the Arkansas National Bank in Hot Springs as a bookkeeper. James entered the Army Air Corps in July 1942, two months after his older brother George Franklin Allman joined the Air Corps and served in a glider unit. James received his basic training at Santa Ana, California, and then attended Radio Operators School at Scott Field, Illinois, and Gunnery School at Yuma, Arizona. After serving two years in the United States, James left for England on September 18, 1944, and participated in the air offensive over Germany. He flew in 20 missions and on the twentieth, was killed when the B-17G Sn# 43-38080 in which he was radio operator/waist gunner. The aircraft had participated in a raid on German war facilities at Lutter, Germany. As the aircraft was cleared into the descent landing pattern to land at Polebrook Air Station, Northamptonshire, England, it was struck from beneath by another B-17. The collision tore the right wing off Allman's B-17, and both bombers crashed about 3 miles from the air field, killing all of the crew members on both planes.

Technical Sergeant James Samuel Allman earned the following decorations/badges during his service to our country during World war II:

Air Gunner Wings

Rifle and Pistol marksmanship Badge(s)

Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters

Purple Heart

Army Good Conduct Medal

American Theater Campaign Medal

European Theater of Operations Campaign Medal with two battle stars

World War II Victory Medal

Meritorious Service Wreath with "2" Device (now ribbon with Oak Leaf Cluster)

(Biography written by Rick Lawrence, MSgt., USMC/USAFR [RET])