LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Douglas Edmund ALLEN
Service No: 688
Born: Inverell NSW, 25 January 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 January 1940
Unit: No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School, Evans Head NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School aircraft Fairey Battle R3939), Evans Head, 18 January 1941, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Inverell Cemetery NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Leslie Bryden Allan and Dorothy Jane Allan, of Inverell
Roll of Honour: Inverell NSW
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 18 January 1941, Fairley Battle R3939 rolled onto its back during a turn and crashed at Evans Head, killing its three crew members who were:
Pilot Officer Douglas Edmund Allen (688) (Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Henry James Pope (407158) (Trainee Air Gunner)
Leading Aircraftman Arthur John Powell (404157) (Trainee Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/152/91