Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flight Sergeant Frank Allen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flight Sergeant Frank Allen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Gravemarker

Cemetery – St. Catherine Churchyard, Barmby-on-the-Moor, Yorkshire. Crash of Halifax Mk II W7933 of 102 (RAF) Squadron, Pocklington, Yorkshire. (Used with permission. See www.allenby.info/aircraft/planes/42/w7933.html for full story.) On the 12th of December 1942 the Halifax crashed into a hill north of Hawnby after getting lost on return from Ops to Turin. 82 aircraft were dispatched but more than half turned back before crossing the Alps due to severe icing conditions. This crew were told to divert to Middleton St. George due to thick cloud over base at Pocklington, the aircraft descended through the cloud over the Moors to check position only to strike the high ground near Low Thwaites Farm killing all on board in an instant. The aircraft ploughed its way through a number of fields and dry-stone walls before coming to rest very close to the farm house.

Newspaper Clippling – From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: picture Me

Photo of FRANK ALLEN – Submitted for the project, Operation: picture Me

Photo of FRANK ALLEN – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me