LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Fergus Allister ALLAN
Service No: 401265
Born: Clifton Hill VIC, 9 May 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 January 1941
Unit: No. 70 Operational Training Unit (RAF), Nakuru, Kenya
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 70 Operational Training Unit Blenheim aircraft V 6292), Nakuru, 23 January 1942, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Nakuru North Cemetery, Kenya
CWGC Additional Information: Son of David Lindsay Allan and Lena Thorne Allan, of Balwyn, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Surrey Hills VIC
Remembered: Panel 118, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On the 23rd January 1942, Blenheim V6292 crashed at 1230 hours at Nakuru, Kenya and all the three crew members were killed. The Pilot lost control of the aircraft during the final turn on to the Nakuru aerodrome, and it hit the ground and burst into flames.
The crew members of V 6292 were:
Pilot Officer Fergus Allister Allan (401265) (Observer)
Sergeant George Owen Emery (407147) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Garnet Allenby Hawkins (407675) (Pilot)
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 Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/22/108