Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Gnr.
Service No: 1815960
Date of Death: 03/03/1943
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died in a plane crash. Son of Frederick A. Allen and Mabel E. (Parsons) Allen of Erdington, Birmingham.
On 3rd March 1943: Vickers Wellington BK400 from 12 Operational Training Unit took off from RAF Chipping Warden at 1040 for a cross-country training flight. At 1255 the pilot lost control in cloud and crashed just under 2 miles south-west of Little Tew, 3 miles east-south-east of Chipping Norton with the loss of Sgt. Vaughan Stacey Allen and five other aircrew:
Flight Lieutenant Edward Devereux Spratt., pilot, aged 30. He is buried in High Hurstwood Sussex, and was the son of Colonel Edward and Alice Spratt, and married to Isla.
Pilot Officer Stanley Walker Shepherd., navigator, aged 22. He is buried in Ecclesall, Sheffield and was the son of Beatrice Shepherd.
Stanley Walker joined the Metro-Vicker's Company as a School Apprentice in October 1936 and joined the RAF in July 1940 and commissioned as a Pilot Officer in 1942.
Sergeant Arthur Frederick Ash., air gunner, aged 25. He is buried in Fulham Palace Road Cemetery and was the son of George and Mabel Ash of Baron's Court.
Sergeant James Albert Willis., wireless operator/air gunner, aged 21. He is buried in Nottingham Northern Cemetery and was the son of Albert and Lily Willis of Hyson Green, Nottingham.
Sergeant Alexander Rennie Burgess., bomb aimer, aged 22. He is buried in Saline Cemetery and is the son of Robert and Christina Burgess of Saline, Fifeshire.
Trade: Air Gnr.
Service No: 1815960
Date of Death: 03/03/1943
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died in a plane crash. Son of Frederick A. Allen and Mabel E. (Parsons) Allen of Erdington, Birmingham.
On 3rd March 1943: Vickers Wellington BK400 from 12 Operational Training Unit took off from RAF Chipping Warden at 1040 for a cross-country training flight. At 1255 the pilot lost control in cloud and crashed just under 2 miles south-west of Little Tew, 3 miles east-south-east of Chipping Norton with the loss of Sgt. Vaughan Stacey Allen and five other aircrew:
Flight Lieutenant Edward Devereux Spratt., pilot, aged 30. He is buried in High Hurstwood Sussex, and was the son of Colonel Edward and Alice Spratt, and married to Isla.
Pilot Officer Stanley Walker Shepherd., navigator, aged 22. He is buried in Ecclesall, Sheffield and was the son of Beatrice Shepherd.
Stanley Walker joined the Metro-Vicker's Company as a School Apprentice in October 1936 and joined the RAF in July 1940 and commissioned as a Pilot Officer in 1942.
Sergeant Arthur Frederick Ash., air gunner, aged 25. He is buried in Fulham Palace Road Cemetery and was the son of George and Mabel Ash of Baron's Court.
Sergeant James Albert Willis., wireless operator/air gunner, aged 21. He is buried in Nottingham Northern Cemetery and was the son of Albert and Lily Willis of Hyson Green, Nottingham.
Sergeant Alexander Rennie Burgess., bomb aimer, aged 22. He is buried in Saline Cemetery and is the son of Robert and Christina Burgess of Saline, Fifeshire.
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Gnr.
Service No: 1815960
Date of Death: 03/03/1943
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died in a plane crash. Son of Frederick A. Allen and Mabel E. (Parsons) Allen of Erdington, Birmingham.
On 3rd March 1943: Vickers Wellington BK400 from 12 Operational Training Unit took off from RAF Chipping Warden at 1040 for a cross-country training flight. At 1255 the pilot lost control in cloud and crashed just under 2 miles south-west of Little Tew, 3 miles east-south-east of Chipping Norton with the loss of Sgt. Vaughan Stacey Allen and five other aircrew:
Flight Lieutenant Edward Devereux Spratt., pilot, aged 30. He is buried in High Hurstwood Sussex, and was the son of Colonel Edward and Alice Spratt, and married to Isla.
Pilot Officer Stanley Walker Shepherd., navigator, aged 22. He is buried in Ecclesall, Sheffield and was the son of Beatrice Shepherd.
Stanley Walker joined the Metro-Vicker's Company as a School Apprentice in October 1936 and joined the RAF in July 1940 and commissioned as a Pilot Officer in 1942.
Sergeant Arthur Frederick Ash., air gunner, aged 25. He is buried in Fulham Palace Road Cemetery and was the son of George and Mabel Ash of Baron's Court.
Sergeant James Albert Willis., wireless operator/air gunner, aged 21. He is buried in Nottingham Northern Cemetery and was the son of Albert and Lily Willis of Hyson Green, Nottingham.
Sergeant Alexander Rennie Burgess., bomb aimer, aged 22. He is buried in Saline Cemetery and is the son of Robert and Christina Burgess of Saline, Fifeshire.
Trade: Air Gnr.
Service No: 1815960
Date of Death: 03/03/1943
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died in a plane crash. Son of Frederick A. Allen and Mabel E. (Parsons) Allen of Erdington, Birmingham.
On 3rd March 1943: Vickers Wellington BK400 from 12 Operational Training Unit took off from RAF Chipping Warden at 1040 for a cross-country training flight. At 1255 the pilot lost control in cloud and crashed just under 2 miles south-west of Little Tew, 3 miles east-south-east of Chipping Norton with the loss of Sgt. Vaughan Stacey Allen and five other aircrew:
Flight Lieutenant Edward Devereux Spratt., pilot, aged 30. He is buried in High Hurstwood Sussex, and was the son of Colonel Edward and Alice Spratt, and married to Isla.
Pilot Officer Stanley Walker Shepherd., navigator, aged 22. He is buried in Ecclesall, Sheffield and was the son of Beatrice Shepherd.
Stanley Walker joined the Metro-Vicker's Company as a School Apprentice in October 1936 and joined the RAF in July 1940 and commissioned as a Pilot Officer in 1942.
Sergeant Arthur Frederick Ash., air gunner, aged 25. He is buried in Fulham Palace Road Cemetery and was the son of George and Mabel Ash of Baron's Court.
Sergeant James Albert Willis., wireless operator/air gunner, aged 21. He is buried in Nottingham Northern Cemetery and was the son of Albert and Lily Willis of Hyson Green, Nottingham.
Sergeant Alexander Rennie Burgess., bomb aimer, aged 22. He is buried in Saline Cemetery and is the son of Robert and Christina Burgess of Saline, Fifeshire.
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Records on Ancestry
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Staffordshire, England, Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes, 1837-2017
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Web: UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966
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England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
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Birmingham, England, Birmingham Cemetery and Crematoria Records, 1836-2017
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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