Allam, Frederick John
Personal Information
Rank | LAC |
Forename(s) | Frederick John |
Surname | Allam |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | DFM |
Date of Death | 11-05-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick William and Ann Allam, of Ilford, Essex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Bristol Blenheim IV |
Serial Number | L9175 |
Markings | VE-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kaggevinne Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 1. |
Epitaph | IN DEAREST MEMORY OF OUR LOVING SON, FREDDY. MY JESUS, MERCY MARY, HELP! (My Jesus, Mercy. An old prayer taken from a 1934 "An Angel of Mercy" nurses prayer book) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 122 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 540542 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 110 (Hyderabad) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Northern Perimeter of Airfield, Wattisham, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with Inscribed Stone Tablets |
Memorial Text | This memorial is dedicated to RAF Wattisham, AAF Station 377 and AAF Station 470 from 1939 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/857/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/857/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-05-1940 |
End Date | 11-05-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Wattisham |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Bombing bridges in Maastricht area |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a Me109 flown by Oblt. Gerhard Homuth of 3./JG27 over Diest-Schaffen at 17:30, crashing at Kaggavinne, 2km south-west of Diest, Belgium |