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PART 2 will be posted when details become available.
NOTE: This mission includes aircraft arrival. Flight times are subject to last minute changes so please check this thread for any changes before leaving for this mission.The United States Army and the family of Tech Sgt Robert T. Allen, 20, have requested the Patriot Guard Riders to accompany their hero from the airport to the funeral home. It will be our honor to participate in this accompaniment.
A native of Oakland, Allen, 20, was a crew member assigned to the 860th Bombardment Squadron, 493rd Bombardment Group, in the war’s European theater, when he was killed in action on 18 August 1944, after the B-24H “Liberator,” on which he was serving was struck by anti-aircraft fire following a bombing raid on a German position near Roye, France. Only one airman survived, while the other eight crew members, including Allen, were killed. German records indicate the bomber crashed roughly two kilometers west of Boussicourt, where the remains of several individuals were recovered and buried in a village cemetery near Pierrepont-sur-Avre, France.
Allen was accounted for Sept. 19, 2023, by the U.S. Defense Department’s POW/MIA Accounting Agency after soldiers’ remains had been excavated in 2018 from a site near Boussicourt, France, for laboratory analysis. For more details about Allen, visit bit.ly/3VPJsg5 online. NOTE: This mission posting is to facilitate your voluntary participation in honoring this military veteran. For those interested, and all PGR members are welcome, we will be accompanying the hero from the airport to the mortuary, approximately 40 miles. Please see the time table if you would like to participate.
TIMETABLE FOR WEDNESDAY, 10 JULY 20241400: Stage at Spanish Landing Park West, 3900 North Harbor Dr., San Diego, CA.
https://goo.gl/maps/R1Q7QMhJFFe5Um46A1430: Mission briefing.
1445: Move to arrival location.
1545: Est KSU to Allen Brothers Mortuary, 435 N Twin Oaks, San Marcos, CA.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/x8mn2zcn9FhAFswa61715: Est arrival to mortuary. Flag line for dignified transfer from coach to the building.
Stacey “Lil Bit” McCarthy
SoCal Patriot Guard Ride Captain
(619)277-5176You do not have to be a veteran or a motorcycle rider to attend this mission. All PGR members are welcome. We encourage those who do not ride to attend in your car. If this will be your first mission go to the initial staging area and you will be briefed there by the Ride Captain (RC). Dress for motorcycle riding or dress casually if you are driving a cage (car). Please feel free to attend any portion of this mission you can. Please ride/drive safely.
