Wallace, Allan Vincent
Personal Information
Rank | LAC |
Forename(s) | Allan Vincent |
Surname | Wallace |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 17-03-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Archibald and Althea Lawrence Wallace, of Newark, Nottinghamshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | L4063 |
Markings | VN- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 24. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 111 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 550802 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Cuddystone Hall (Hethpool) Northumbria |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Cairn & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | Roll of honour In memory of the 57 souls, 19 aircraft from Britain, America and Germanys airforces, Duty done-they sleep. |
Location | Windy Gyle, Northumbria |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Cairn & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | * BADLY WEATHERED* In memory of the crew of Hampden L4063 who perished here on this hill 17 March 1940 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/485/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/485/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-03-1940 |
End Date | 17-03-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Waddington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (49% moon) |
Operation | Patrol |
Reason for Loss | Crashed into high ground at Cocklaw Foot in the Cheviot Hills, 12 miles SSE of Kirk Yetholm, Roxborough, Scotland |