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Show Receives Air Medal, Flying Cross And Oak Leaf Cluster From an Air Base in India The 10th USAAF Headquarters in India announce the awards of the Air Medal, the Di.stln15ul.slrd Flying Fly-ing Cross and the Oak Leaf Cluster Clust-er to the Air Mejal, to 25-year-old Captain Owen Ray Allred of Cedar Ce-dar City, who is serving as Operations Oper-ations Offic r of a Squadron of the Burma Banshees, and has flown 95 missions over Jap territory terri-tory in Northern Burma. The citation to the Air Medal read in part: "For mcritorlus achlevent In a' rial flight. He has accomplished with distinction more than twenty-five corrat missions over the enemy held t. rrltory ot Northern Burma. In the cxeculloii of these flights he has with eagerness eager-ness anil vl:;or ul tucked enemy In-stullatlons In-stullatlons of material and troop concentrations, inflicting severe damag" on those as well as bridges, airdromes, and otlrr communication communica-tion facilities. In aerial combat he has succeeded In driving the enemy from the sky. The initiative anil abilty delayed hi thee operations opera-tions reflect much credit upon himself and the Army Air Forces." Capt. Allred has d stroyed a Jap Zero in combat, although most of the squadrons work has been In "Bridge Busting" and close support sup-port of Allied ground forces driving driv-ing the Jap out of North Burma. He has received two commendations commenda-tions from the ground forces for destroying two .tig Jap artillery pieces by rreclston bombing, and Is known as one of the best r?-connlssance r?-connlssance pilots In the theatre, frequently bringing home Information Informa-tion of the enemy that can h-speedlly h-speedlly transformed Into strategic strate-gic targets for future attacks. IJe Is also one of the f w P-43 pilots I to fly right through a tree, and come bark to base with the branches festooned about his plane I to prove he'd r ally teen flying I low "on the derk." Capt. Allred is the son of Loufc R. Allred of Fcdondi Beach, California. Cal-ifornia. H; Is a graduate of the Branch Ar.irultural College, and Is at present attached to a Tenth Air Force Fighter Groip. operating operat-ing in the 3rd. Taetlenl Air Force Eastern Air Command. |