LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Allan James CASEY
Service No: 432482
Born: Cessnock NSW, 23 June 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 2 January 1943
Unit: No. 128 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Wyton
Died: Air Operations (No. 128 Squadron Mosquito aircraft PF401), Wyton, 14 January 1945, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridgeshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Stanley Joseph and Gladys Casey, of Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 1209, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Mosquito PF401 took off from Wyton at 2101 hours to attack Berlin. The starboard engine failed and the crew died while trying to force-land three minutes later at Woodhurst, 5 miles north east of Huntington.
The crew members of PF401 were:
Flying Officer Treless James Stewart Adam (150225) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Allan James Casey (432482) (Navigator)
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, 166/7/797