Nicholson, Allan
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Allan |
Surname | Nicholson |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-05-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of John and Anne Jane Nicholson. Husband of Camillus Nicholson, of Coolac, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | W5574 |
Markings | PH- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kiel War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 5. B. 6. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 79 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 402698 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-05-1942 |
End Date | 09-05-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Binbrook |
Day/Night Raid | Night (34% moon) |
Operation | Warnemunde |
Reason for Loss | Crashed in sea during return flight |