LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant James ALLAN
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 1251427 (RAFVR)
Born: Date, Location Unavailable
Enlisted in the RAF: Date Unavailable
Unit: No. 1657 Heavy Conversion Unit (RAF) attached to Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit
Died: Air Operations: (Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit Halifax II aircraft DT503), Atlantic Ocean, 3 February 1943, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James Allan and of E. A. Allan, of Balmain, Sydney, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 140, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered: Dee Why RSL Roll of Honour, Dee Why NSW
Halifax DT503 departed RAF Station Lyneham at 0146 hours on 3 February 1943 and was lost without trace during a ferry flight to Gibraltar. The aircraft was crewed by members on loan to the Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit
The crew members of DT503 were:
Sergeant James Allan (1251427) (RAFVR) No. 1657 HCU
Sergeant Jack Brown (1457184) (RAFVR) No. 1658 HCU
Sergeant Donald John William Buttery (1231848) (RAFVR) No. 1658 HCU
Sergeant Raymond Francis Connor (414377) (RNZAF) (Pilot)
Sergeant Donald Owen Colwell Culshaw (1390928) (RAFVR) No. 1658 HCU
Sergeant Leslie Fox (937274) (RAFVR) No. 1657 HCU
Flying Officer William James Hart (125306) (RAFVR) No. 1658 HCU
Sergeant Joseph Henry Maudson (927094) (RAFVR) RAF Lyneham
Sergeant Charles Stubbs (1164235) (RAFVR) Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit
Sergeant Geoffrey Templeton (1382817) (RAFVR) RAF Lyneham
References:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
RAF Commands Website