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FSGT · 425139

Allan William Dowding

Squadron/s
453 SQN
Rank On Discharge/Death
Flight Sergeant (FSGT)
Mustering / Specialisation
Pilot
Date of Birth
19 Aug 1921
Contributing Author/s
Compiled by Vince Conant

2016

The Spitfire Association

Date of birth - 19 Aug 1921
Place of birth - GOONDIWINDI QLD
Place of enlistment - BRISBANE
Next of Kin - DOWDING, DONALD

Squadron in which Allan served

Photographs

STATION FORD. Informal outdoor portrait of pilots from No. 453 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF using a spare belly tank as a resting place outside their tent at Beach-Head Airstrip, an advance landing ground, B.11, from where they operated over the Normandy battlefield. Identified from left to right: 425139 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Allan William Dowding from Goondiwindi, Queensland; 412513 Warrant Officer (WO) Allan Harold John Harris from Yenda, NSW (killed on flying operations over France on 27 July 1944); 418083 Flt Sgt Ralph Alan Dutneall from Hawthorn East, Victoria (killed on flying operations over France on 27 July 1944); and 409367 WO Hector Deeble Aldred from Bentleigh, Victoria (later Flying Officer).
STATION FORD. Informal outdoor portrait of pilots from No. 453 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF using a spare belly tank as a resting place outside their tent at Beach-Head Airstrip, an advance landing ground, B.11, from where they operated over the Normandy battlefield. Identified from left to right: 425139 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Allan William Dowding from Goondiwindi, Queensland; 412513 Warrant Officer (WO) Allan Harold John Harris from Yenda, NSW (killed on flying operations over France on 27 July 1944); 418083 Flt Sgt Ralph Alan Dutneall from Hawthorn East, Victoria (killed on flying operations over France on 27 July 1944); and 409367 WO Hector Deeble Aldred from Bentleigh, Victoria (later Flying Officer).
Allan spent time as a P.O.W
Allan spent time as a P.O.W
NORMANDY, FRANCE. C. 1944-07. PILOT 425139 FLIGHT SERGEANT DOWDING, GOONDIWINDI, QLD, WITH NO. 453 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF, PAINTED IN BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES, INVASION MARKINGS, PREPARES TO TAKE OFF FROM BEACH-HEAD AIRSTRIP AT AN ADVANCED LANDING GROUND, B.11, IN NORMANDY.
NORMANDY, FRANCE. C. 1944-07. PILOT 425139 FLIGHT SERGEANT DOWDING, GOONDIWINDI, QLD, WITH NO. 453 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF, PAINTED IN BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES, INVASION MARKINGS, PREPARES TO TAKE OFF FROM BEACH-HEAD AIRSTRIP AT AN ADVANCED LANDING GROUND, B.11, IN NORMANDY.
Normandy, France. C. 1944-06. Spitfire aircraft of No. 453 Squadron RAAF, painted in black and white stripes, invasion markings, at dispersal at the edge of a barley field airstrip, ALG B.11, ready for operations over the Normandy battlefield
Normandy, France. C. 1944-06. Spitfire aircraft of No. 453 Squadron RAAF, painted in black and white stripes, invasion markings, at dispersal at the edge of a barley field airstrip, ALG B.11, ready for operations over the Normandy battlefield