Service No. 1487859, Sergeant, Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 622 Sqdn.
Son of Peter and Jane McIntosh Allan nee Harris of 78, Hamilton Road, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Part of a seven man crew that took off from RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk at 01:25 on Tuesday 11th April. 1944, in a Avro – Lancaster III S/No. ED808 for a bombing raid on the Marshalling Yards at Laon, Northern France. After take off nothing further was heard and the aircraft was posted as missing, it was later discovered that a night fighter had shot down the plane at Beaurepaire about 23 Miles Northeast of Le Havre.
There were no survivors and only six bodies were ever recovered and they were interred in Saint Sever and Sainte Marie War cemeteries in France, the seventh crew member is commemorated at the RAF Memorial in Runnymede, Surrey, England.
The rest of the crew were,
Saint Sever War Cemetery - Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Sgt. Herbert McGIFFEN – S/No. 542658 - Air Gunner – RAF
Sainte Marie War Cemetery - Le Havre, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
P/O. Frank Reginald BURROWS – S/No. 416824 – Pilot – RAAF
F/S. Norman BUTCHER – S/No. 1320767 – Navigator – RAFVR
Sgt. Thomas John STANLEY – S/No. 1581810 – Flight Engineer - RAFVR
F/S. Alexander WRAGG – S/No. 1247336 – Bomb Aimer – RAFVR
Runnymede Memorial - Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England
Sgt. John James KING – S/No. 1395486 - Wireless Operator – RAFVR
Service No. 1487859, Sergeant, Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 622 Sqdn.
Son of Peter and Jane McIntosh Allan nee Harris of 78, Hamilton Road, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Part of a seven man crew that took off from RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk at 01:25 on Tuesday 11th April. 1944, in a Avro – Lancaster III S/No. ED808 for a bombing raid on the Marshalling Yards at Laon, Northern France. After take off nothing further was heard and the aircraft was posted as missing, it was later discovered that a night fighter had shot down the plane at Beaurepaire about 23 Miles Northeast of Le Havre.
There were no survivors and only six bodies were ever recovered and they were interred in Saint Sever and Sainte Marie War cemeteries in France, the seventh crew member is commemorated at the RAF Memorial in Runnymede, Surrey, England.
The rest of the crew were,
Saint Sever War Cemetery - Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Sgt. Herbert McGIFFEN – S/No. 542658 - Air Gunner – RAF
Sainte Marie War Cemetery - Le Havre, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
P/O. Frank Reginald BURROWS – S/No. 416824 – Pilot – RAAF
F/S. Norman BUTCHER – S/No. 1320767 – Navigator – RAFVR
Sgt. Thomas John STANLEY – S/No. 1581810 – Flight Engineer - RAFVR
F/S. Alexander WRAGG – S/No. 1247336 – Bomb Aimer – RAFVR
Runnymede Memorial - Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England
Sgt. John James KING – S/No. 1395486 - Wireless Operator – RAFVR
Gravesite Details
Sergeant (Air Gnr.), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Age: 31.
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