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FLGOFF · 404842

John James Allen

Squadron/s
41 SQN RAF
Rank On Discharge/Death
Flying Officer (FLGOFF)
Mustering / Specialisation
Pilot
Date of Death
20 Jun 1942
Contributing Author/s
Vince Conant
Spitfire Association 2017

Allen was born in Charters Towers, Queensland, in 1919. Prior to his military service, he worked as a jackeroo in Queensland.

He joined the Militia in 1939 serving with 26 Battalion and enlisted with the Royal Australian Air Force in December of 1940. Allen attained the rank of Flying Officer (FO) in March 1942 while attached to 41 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

FO Allen was killed in an aircraft accident in Breighton, Yorkshire, England on 20 June 1942.

Squadron in which John served

Photographs

Front Row L to R: Howard Murdock Goulter (404893), T.M. Thomas, Lloyd Charles Deignan (404808), N.E. Watts, (404819) Harold Edgar Dimmock Back Row: R.L. North, K.B. May, Arnold Kenneth Asboe (404889), W.T. Hornby, A.B. Watson, J.J. Allen
Front Row L to R: Howard Murdock Goulter (404893), T.M. Thomas, Lloyd Charles Deignan (404808), N.E. Watts, (404819) Harold Edgar Dimmock Back Row: R.L. North, K.B. May, Arnold Kenneth Asboe (404889), W.T. Hornby, A.B. Watson, J.J. Allen
An engraved case belonging to John.
An engraved case belonging to John.
An unidentified officer pins wings to the uniform of 404842 Aircraftman John James Allen, RAAF, following completion of pilot training.
An unidentified officer pins wings to the uniform of 404842 Aircraftman John James Allen, RAAF, following completion of pilot training.
John is buried at Holme-Upon-Spalding Moor (All Saints) Churchyard in Yorkshire.
John is buried at Holme-Upon-Spalding Moor (All Saints) Churchyard in Yorkshire.