Douglas Edmund ALLAN

ALLAN, Douglas Edmund

    Service Number: 688
    Enlisted: 8 January 1940
    Last Rank: Pilot Officer
    Last Unit: Aircrew Training Units
    Born: Inverell, New South Wales, Australia , 25 January 1919
    Home Town: Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Accidental, Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia, 18 January 1941, aged 21 years
    Cemetery: Inverell Cemetery, NSW
    Presbyterian (Old) Plot. Row 1. Grave 11
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    8 Jan 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 688, Aircrew Training Units
    8 Jan 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 688
    18 Jan 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 688, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme, Staff Pilot at No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School Evans Head NSW. Killed in a flying training accident

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Fairey Battle aircraft R3936 of Number 1 Bombing & Gunnery School reportedly flicked on to its back during a turn and dived into the ground at Evans Head bombing range, NSW

    Killed were: Pilot Officer Douglas Edmund Allan 688 / Leading Aircraftman Arthur John Powell 404157 / Leading Aircraftman Henry James Pope 407158

    Pilot Officer Allan was the son of Leslie Bryden Allan and Dorothy Jane Allan of Inverell, NSW

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