LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Peter Douglas ALLAN
Service No: 419752
Born: Melbourne VIC, 12 May 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 23 September 1942
Unit: No. 450 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 450 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft FX581), near Bologna Italy, 19 April 1945, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Argenta Gap War Cemetery, Italy
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Douglas Erskine Allan and Kathleen Helen Allan; husband of Barbara Ann Allan, of Davenham, Cheshire. Father of Roger Peter Matthew Allan
Roll of Honour: Ormond VIC
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On the 19 April 1945, Kittyhawk FX581 flown by Flying Officer Allan was one of a formation of six aircraft detailed to attack a river ford south west of Bologna, Italy. FX581 was flying Blue 2, and at about 1750 hours the aircraft was seen to peel off in a very steep dived bomb from approximately 9,000 feet. Other aircraft lost sight of FX581 in the dive and the aircraft was not seen again. A search of the area was obscured by smoke from an area near the target and it could have been the wreck of FX581.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/3/417