Allen Hugh Craft


S/Sgt    37225198    615th
Kansas
1921 - 1944

Ball Turret Gunner onboard 42-31193 (Little Boots)


Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Dennis, Kansas, USA.
1921 - 1944



     Allen was born Jul 20, 1921, Kansas.
     He enlisted to the aircorps.

     In 1943 he arrived in England to join the 401st BG
     His seventh and last mission, Jan 29, 1944, Target: Frankfurt, the plane was damaged by flak.
     On the return flight the plane was hit by 12 German fighters

     Unfortunately, Allen was killed

     He was awarded with an Air Medal and a Purple Heart Medal



Little Boots crew
Top Row, L-R: Robert W. Beers - Howard Elliot Byrne - Unknown - Unknown.
Front Row, L-R: Unknown - Unknown - Unknown - Unknown - Clarence Edgar Young - Franklin M. Grigg





Mission to Frankfurt, germany, attacked by enemy aircrafts and blown up not much later.
Crashed near Worms, Germany


Individual casualty questionaire

Told by Capt. Robert Beers , Pilot.

- Name of crew member : Craft , Alen Hugh.
- Rank : S/Sgt.
- Serial number : 37225198
- Position : Ball Turret Gunner.

- Did he bail out ? : Unknown.

- Last contact just prior to loss of plane ? : Interphone conversation prior to attack by enemy aircraft.
- Was he injured ? : Unknown.

- Where was he last seen ? : In ball turret prior to attack by enemy aircraft.

- Any explanation of his fate ? : Believed killed when aircraft exploded.
- Total number of missions of above crew member ? : 7

- Date and destinations if possible ? : Dec   1, 1943 Solingen
                                                                     Dec   5, 1943 Paris
                                                                     Dec 30, 1943 Ludwigshaven
                                                                     Dec 31, 1943 Cognac
                                                                     Jan  11, 1944 Oschersleben
                                                                     Jan  29, 1944 Frankfurt on Main







Little Boots ( Boots was the nickname of Capt Beers wife )


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