Biography

Allison, James (Allison, James William Marion; “Tex”); b. October 1, 1905, Houston, Texas; Prior military service as a US Navy pilot; Married; Pilot; No political affiliation; Sailed on board the Normandie; Arrived in Spain on December 9, 1936; Served with the Republican Airforce, Pilot, La Calle fighter squadron; WIA; Left Spain in March 1937; Returned to the US on May 13, 1937 aboard the Europa; d. March 27, 1946, Lima, Peru of toxemia and heart failure; Buried in Bellavista Cemetery, Lima, Peru, I72, Section 4; He was working for the Faucett Aviation Company at the time of his death.

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Source: John Carver Edwards, Airmen Without Portfolio, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, 1997; L-W Tree Ancestry L-W Tree. Code A

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Photograph: James William Marion “Tex” Allison, Photograph L-W Tree Ancestry.

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