434 RCAF Squadron's Handley Page Halifax V (#DK250) aircraft was returning to its base following an air operation over Frankfurt, Germany, when it crashed into the English Channel. Its crew of seven airmen perished, the remains of three of them not recovered.
The airmen who lost their lives when the aircraft crashed were-
RCAF Flying Officer William Smart RUXTON,
RCAF Warrant Officer Second Class Paul Howard SHELDON,
RCAF Flying Officer John ALLAN,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Arthur Charles COX,
RAFVR Sergeant Clifford Henry HAYWARD,
RAFVR Sergeant Hubert James HENSHALL and
RAF Sergeant Reuben Frederick LEE.
Military Service-
Rank: Flying Officer
Military Service
Service Number: J/20440
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 434 Bluenose Squadron; RAF Tholthorpe, Yorkshire
(MOTTO: In Excelsis Vincimus) ('We conquer in the heights')
An office clerk by trade, residing in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 24 July 1941 in Edmonton.
Son of John and Helen (née Beveridge) Allan of Edmonton [both parents born in Glasgow, Scotland].
Flying Officer John Allan is commemorated on Page 130 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The airmen who lost their lives when the aircraft crashed were-
RCAF Flying Officer William Smart RUXTON,
RCAF Warrant Officer Second Class Paul Howard SHELDON,
RCAF Flying Officer John ALLAN,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Arthur Charles COX,
RAFVR Sergeant Clifford Henry HAYWARD,
RAFVR Sergeant Hubert James HENSHALL and
RAF Sergeant Reuben Frederick LEE.
Military Service-
Rank: Flying Officer
Military Service
Service Number: J/20440
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 434 Bluenose Squadron; RAF Tholthorpe, Yorkshire
(MOTTO: In Excelsis Vincimus) ('We conquer in the heights')
An office clerk by trade, residing in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 24 July 1941 in Edmonton.
Son of John and Helen (née Beveridge) Allan of Edmonton [both parents born in Glasgow, Scotland].
Flying Officer John Allan is commemorated on Page 130 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
434 RCAF Squadron's Handley Page Halifax V (#DK250) aircraft was returning to its base following an air operation over Frankfurt, Germany, when it crashed into the English Channel. Its crew of seven airmen perished, the remains of three of them not recovered.
The airmen who lost their lives when the aircraft crashed were-
RCAF Flying Officer William Smart RUXTON,
RCAF Warrant Officer Second Class Paul Howard SHELDON,
RCAF Flying Officer John ALLAN,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Arthur Charles COX,
RAFVR Sergeant Clifford Henry HAYWARD,
RAFVR Sergeant Hubert James HENSHALL and
RAF Sergeant Reuben Frederick LEE.
Military Service-
Rank: Flying Officer
Military Service
Service Number: J/20440
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 434 Bluenose Squadron; RAF Tholthorpe, Yorkshire
(MOTTO: In Excelsis Vincimus) ('We conquer in the heights')
An office clerk by trade, residing in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 24 July 1941 in Edmonton.
Son of John and Helen (née Beveridge) Allan of Edmonton [both parents born in Glasgow, Scotland].
Flying Officer John Allan is commemorated on Page 130 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The airmen who lost their lives when the aircraft crashed were-
RCAF Flying Officer William Smart RUXTON,
RCAF Warrant Officer Second Class Paul Howard SHELDON,
RCAF Flying Officer John ALLAN,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Arthur Charles COX,
RAFVR Sergeant Clifford Henry HAYWARD,
RAFVR Sergeant Hubert James HENSHALL and
RAF Sergeant Reuben Frederick LEE.
Military Service-
Rank: Flying Officer
Military Service
Service Number: J/20440
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 434 Bluenose Squadron; RAF Tholthorpe, Yorkshire
(MOTTO: In Excelsis Vincimus) ('We conquer in the heights')
An office clerk by trade, residing in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 24 July 1941 in Edmonton.
Son of John and Helen (née Beveridge) Allan of Edmonton [both parents born in Glasgow, Scotland].
Flying Officer John Allan is commemorated on Page 130 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
1943
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
FLYING OFFICER
ALLAN J.
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