Fish, Allan Kilshaw
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Allan Kilshaw |
Surname | Fish |
Gender | M |
Age | 35 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-08-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Joseph Herbert and Clara Fish. Husband of Megan Fish, of Bramhope, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IV |
Serial Number | Z1396 |
Markings | QT-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hanover War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 4. A. 16-19. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM (Poem - For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 35 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1061133 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 142 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Seventh Day Adventist Chapel, Bolton Street, Blackpool, Lancashire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Painted Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of brothers Reg(1940), Allan(1941) and Eddie(1942) Fish R.A.F.V.R. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/973/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/973/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-08-1942 |
End Date | 28-08-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Grimsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (96% moon) |
Operation | Kassel |
Reason for Loss | Crashed in the vicinity of Meppen, on the east bank of the Ems Kanal |