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Son of J. James Allen and Muriel Allen, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Frank Allen
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Frank Allen
From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Frank Allen
Submitted for the project, Operation: picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Frank Allen
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Frank Allen
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Frank Allen
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.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Frank Allen
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Frank Allen
Flight Sergeant Frank Allen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Frank Allen
Flight Sergeant Frank Allen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Image gallery
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From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation: picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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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.
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant Frank Allen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant Frank Allen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 54 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BARMBY-ON-THE-MOOR (ST. CATHERINE) CHURCHYARD Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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