LEST WE FORGET
Squadron Leader Allan Leonard FARRINGTON
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 40046 (RAF)
Born: Date, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 582 Squadron, RAF Station Little Staughton, Bedfordshire
Died: Air Operations: (No. 582 Squadron Lancaster III aircraft PB202), Denmark, 29 August 1944, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Norre Vorupor Cemetery, Denmark
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Cyril Hawley Farrington and Ellie Farrington; husband of Alison Jean Farrington (nee Barbour), of Balgowlah, Sydney, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Supplementary Panel 12, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Manly ANZAC War Memorial, Manly NSW
Squadron Leader Farrington was an Australian Cadet trained for the RAF who embarked for the UK on 17 July 1937.
Lancaster PB202 took off from Little Staughton at 2110 hours on 29 August 1944 to attack Stettin, Germany. The aircraft crashed some 19 km west of Thisted, Denmark, and all seven crew members were killed.
The crew members of PB202 were:
Flying Officer George Richard Bradley DFM (53275) (RAF) (Flight Engineer)
Squadron Leader Allan Leonard Farrington (40046) (RAF) (Pilot)
Warrant Officer Henry Silverwood DFM (56185) (RAF) (Wireless Operator)
Flight Sergeant Douglas Edward John Stevens (1576847) (RAFVR) (Mid-Upper Gunner)
Flying Officer Charles Fullerton Stewart DFM (1690048) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Flying Officer Alfred Carmen Strout (J/9481) (RCAF) (First Navigator)
Flight Lieutenant Lorne Vincent Tyndale (J/13758) (RCAF) (Second Navigator)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Chorley, W.R. Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War – Volume 5 Aircraft and Aircrew Losses 1944, Midland Counties Publications, 1997
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/1/3296; AWM65 2056
Newton, Dennis A Few of the Few: Australians and the Battle of Britain, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT 2600, 1990
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line