LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Allan Henry HALEY
Service No: 402054
Born: Randwick NSW, 2 March 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 29 April 1940
Unit: No. 155 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 155 Squadron Mohawk aircraft BK854), Myanmar, 1 January 1943, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Ranchi War Cemetery, India
CWGC Additional Information: Son of British Thomas Adolphus and Nance Haley, of Coogee, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 123, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 1 January 1943 Mohawk BK584 was flying as No. 2 to the Squadron Leader Commanding Officer of No. 155 Squadron on a patrol along the Chindwin River, Burma, They sighted and attacked two river boats. Four attacks were carried out and return fire was exchanged. After the fourth attack the formation flew towards Monywa. The formation Leader then attacked several small boats along the river but he then noticed that BK584 was no longer with him. He returned and searched the area over which BK584 was last seen but no trace was found of the pilot or the aircraft, nor has the aircraft been seen since. No radio message was received from BK584 and Flying Officer Haley was reported as missing. Flying Officer Haley’s body was later recovered from a grave near Monywa by an American search party.
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, 163/120/313
Bibliography:
Ilbery, P.L.T. (Peter Leslie Thomas) (422957) Hatching an Air Force: 2SFTS, 5SFTS, 1BFTS Uranquinty and Wagga Wagga, Banner Books Maryborough QLD 4650, 2002