Allen, Donald Charles
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Donald Charles |
Surname | Allen |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-01-1945 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | PD296 |
Markings | HA-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 31. C. 2-6. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 122 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1399040 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Monument with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | In memory and honour of the Royal Air Force and Polish Air Force Squadrons who were based at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Location | St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH and Sqn Crest |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Miscellaneous Information
This was his the crew's operation before being screened |
The sole survivor of the crash was F/Sgt F J Norton, who received a blow to the head and shrapnel wounds in his arm but recovered and spent the last few months of the war incarcerated at Stalag 13D. He was flying as a second navigator. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1353/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1353/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-01-1945 |
End Date | 28-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Chedburgh |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Köln- to attack the Gremberg railway marshalling yards. 153 aircraft, all from 3 Group, 3 lost. Good visibility. Some bombing was accurate but some overshot |
Reason for Loss | Lead aircraft. Hit by flak and crashed at Bergisch-Gladbach, ENE of Köln. |