LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Keith ALLEN
Service No: 401359
Born: Prahran VIC, 30 January 1911
Enlisted in the RAAF: 2 February 1941
Unit: No. 49 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Scampton
Died: Air Operations: (No. 49 Squadron Manchester aircraft L7387), North Sea, 20 June 1942, Aged 31 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James Gordon Allen and Mabel Allen, of Elwood, Victoria, Australia. A.I.C.A.
Roll of Honour: Brighton VIC
Remembered: Panel 112, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered: Panel 118, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1000 hours on 20 June 1942 Manchester L7387 Scampton to carry out a search in an area 53.40N to 53.50N and 001.40E to 003.00E. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. Two bodies were later washed ashore. The remaining crew members were presumed to have lost their lives at sea and have no known graves.
The crew members of L7387 were:
Sergeant Keith Allen (401359) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Alexander Garos (778783) (RAFVR)
Sergeant Charles Edward Goldring (657308) (RAF)
Sergeant Terence Francis Breen McKenna (405162) (Navigator)
Sergeant John Ormond O’Brien (403876) (Pilot)
Sergeant Harrington Warren Price (402539) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant Neville John Rogers (778781) (RAFVR)
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, 163/87/224