LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer George Gregory ALLMAN
Service No: 422092
Born: Coonabarabran NSW, 7 January 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 25 April 1942
Unit: No. 196 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Shepherd Grove
Died: Air Operations (No. 196 Squadron Stirling aircraft LK197), North West Europe, 31 March 1945, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alfred and Ellen Allman, of Coraki, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Coraki NSW
Remembered: Panel 283, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered: Panel 118, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Coraki War Memorial, Coraki NSW
At 2224 hours on the night of 30 March 1945 Stirling LK197 took off from Shepherd Grove to drop supplies consisting of 10 containers and 4 packages in Norway. The aircraft had enough fuel for 10 hours 30 minutes flying. Nothing further was heard from the aircraft or of crew members.
The crew members of LK197 were:
Warrant Officer George Gregory Allman (422092) (Wireless Operator/Air)
Flight Sergeant Frederick Charles Brenner (1895463) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Pilot Officer Clarence Campbell (422411) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Kenneth William Linney (1473690) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant Edward Sidney Lloyd (2220162) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Francis William Matthews (1375612) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
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, 166/3/403
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
Bibliography:
Holmes, Steve with Ken Scott Sherlock’s Squadron: The Incredible true story of the unsung RAF heroes of World War II, John Blake Publishing, London UK, 2013