ALLEN, Alfred Jack
| Service Number: | 408615 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 1 Service Flying Training School |
| Born: | Nottingham, England, 13 January 1920 |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Werribee, Victoria, Australia, Werribee, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 August 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Wall 2. Sec. AA. Niche 519, Springvale Crematorium, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 408615 | |
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| 22 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 1 Service Flying Training School | |
| 22 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 408615 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Alfred James Allen and Dorothy Agnes Allen
Husband of Mavis Louise Allen of North Brighton, Victoria
Mid-air collision between Oxford training aircraft AS7139 and R6194 of Number 1 Service Flying Training School over Werribee aerodrome in Victoria causing the death of 4 airmen and severe injuries to a 5th:
Flying Officer Alfred Jack Allen 408615 (cremated - Springvale)
Leading Aircraftman Arthur Austin Hughes 20775 (buried at Geelong Eastern Cemetery)
Leading Aircraftman Dallas William Lynch 432063 (Springvale War Cemetery)
Flight Lieutenant George Hector Howard 271512 (Springvale War Cemetery)
Leading Aircraftman John Glen Legoe 432525 was discharged from the RAAF in January 1945 while still on the posted strength of Number 3 RAAF Hospital
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