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ALLAN, Francis

Personal Information
Rank P/O
Forename(s) Francis Barker
Surname Allan
Gender M
Age 25
Decorations
Date of death 06-09-1943
Next of kin Son of John Mawby Allan and Claire Blanche Allan, of East Brighton, Victoria, Australia. Husband of Shirley Heron Allan, of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number JD410
Markings VR-V
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Rheinberg War Cemetery
Grave Reference 18. G. 12..
Epitaph UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN. SO DEARLY LOVED
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 122
Enlistment information
Service Number 409786
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 419 (Moose)
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different Australia
Fellow Servicemen
Burke R W (F/O)
Hudson H J (Sgt)
Kilpatrick J H C (Sgt)
Nuttall H (Sgt)
Slaney A R (Sgt)
Last Operation information
Start Date 05-09-1943
End Date 06-09-1943
Takeoff Station Middleton St. George
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Mannheim/ Ludwigshafen. 605 aircraft, 34 losses (5.6%). Clear conditions- PFF marking plan worked perfectly. The main force approached from the west so that they could bomb Mannheim first and then move on to Ludwigshafen. Little creepback took place and much damage was caused to both targets. The normally detailed report from Mannheim was much less so, suggesting that the raid was so severe that the normal information gathering procedures has broken down amidst the destruction. Ludwigshafen described the raid simply as 'a catastrophe'. In the latter, 1080 dwellings, 6 military buildings and 4 industrial buildings were destroyed. The death toll was relatively low for such a large raid- 127- perhaps indicating that much of the city's population had been evacuated in the wake of the firestorm incident in Hamburg.
Reason for Loss Hit by flak and broke up over the target area