GullionAllen - 669th POW

416th Bombardment Group (L)

1Lt. Allen Wyant ("Al") Gullion Jr.

Pilot, O-026353

Prisoner Of War

669th Bombardment Squadron (L)

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Born: 14-May-1923, Manhattan, New York City, New York

Entered Military Service: Date: 1-Jul-1940 At: USMA

POW summary:
Fail to Return Date: 27-May-1944
Captured: 27-May-1944, Vignacourt, By: Pz. Grenadier Unit 304
POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
Return Date: Before 31-May-1945
NARA WW II POW Data File Latest Report Date: 13-Jun-1945
NARA WW II POW Data File ID: 32442 / (PDF)

Died: 16-Nov-1985, Solo Grande, Spain

On-line Memorials:
National World War II Registry

Obituary

GULLION, ALLEN W., JR
LT. COL. USAF (Ret.)

On Saturday, November 16, 1985 in Solo Grande, Spain, husband of Barbara of Solo Grande; father of Mrs. Helen Burr Curtice Shay of Winchester, Va., and Allen Wyant Gullion III of Washington, D. C. Also surviving, his brother, the Honorable Edmund A. Gullion of Winchester, MA, and his sister, Mrs. Thomas S. moorman of Colorado Springs, Co. A memorial service will be held at the Ft. Myer Old Post Chapel on December 20, 1985 at 3:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the American Heart Association.

Washington Post
December 19, 1985

Washington Post, December 19, 1985, Allen W Gullion Jr Obituary, Ancestry.com, Posted 28 Oct 2010 by John Gullion (https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/7231530/person/-1091269447/media/fcd3ce16-a098-4fdb-8854-e5e17b360041 [subscription required] : accessed 9 April 2021)

MACR 5032 Details

Notes:
A/C Last Sighted. Lost as a result of Enemy Anti-Aircraft. Plane was seen to drop out of formation over target. Three parachutes were seen. Light flak was seen fired at parachutists on way down.

Description:
The majority of box 1 dropped on the No. 4 plane [Lt Siracusa], which, having received a direct hit by flak, salvoed its Bombs 10 seconds before the point for release. Six chutes were seen to come out of the planes flown by Lt Guillon and Lt Siracusa. ... The four crews were: Lt Allen W. Gullion Jr., S/Sgt Grady F. Cope, and S/Sgt Gerald L. Coffey; Lt Lucien J. Siracusa, S/Sgt James M. Hume, and S/Sgt Floyd E. Brown; Lt Harry E. Hewes, S/Sgt Joseph F. Kasper, and S/Sgt Harold E. Boyer; Lt Tommie J. Simms, S/Sgt Julius C. Williamson, and S/Sgt Harry W. Larsen. ... As the chutes from Lt Gullion's and Lt Siracusa's planes floated down, it was reported that light flak was fired at the parachutists from 8000 feet to the ground.
(416th BG History 1944)

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Birth Index

1930 US Census

1935 Passenger List
09-Sep-1935

1940 US Census

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West Point

West Point Graduation

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The Lincoln Star
03-Jun-1943

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The Lincoln Star
09-Jun-1943

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Lincoln Journal Star
24-Sep-1943

1944 Military Register

Lt. Allen W. Gullion, Jr.

A-20, 5H-E
669th Bomb Sq., 1Lt Allen W. Gullion Jr. - Center

A-20
Lt. Allen W. Gullion, Jr.

A-20
L-R: Unknown, Lt. Allen W. Gullion, Jr., Unknown

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The Bayard Transcript
09-Mar-1944

MACR Capture document

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The Courier Journal
09-Jun-1944

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10-Jun-1944

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The Lincoln Star
12-Jun-1944

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The Lincoln Star
07-Jul-1944

1945 Military Register

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Lincoln Journal Star
14-Feb-1946

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The Lincoln Star
17-Aug-1955

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1956 Blytheville, AR

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