LEST WE FORGET
Squadron Leader Allyn Clive DOUGLASS DSO DFC
Service No: 404374
Born: Singleton NSW, 19 January 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 August 1940 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 7 Operational Training Unit
Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), 20 April 1943 (Citation Title: No. 109 Squadron RAF)
Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), 25 January 1944 (Citation Title: No. 105 Squadron RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 5 Operational Training Unit Oxford aircraft LW999), Wallan VIC, 29 April 1944, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William and Ruby Beatrice Douglass, of Sandgate, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Singleton NSW
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
During a non-operational travel flight on 29 April 1944, Oxford LW999 crashed at 1725 hours near Wallan, Victoria, and all on board were killed.
The crew members of LW999 were:
Squadron Leader Allyn Clive Douglass DSO DFC (404374) (Observer)
Flying Officer John Gordon Lobban (423771) (Pilot)
Flight Lieutenant Alexander Philip Stepto Wood (400747) (Pilot, Supernumerary)
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, 166/10/225