ALLSOP, John William
| Service Number: | 39452 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 January 1936 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | No. 10 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Burnley, Victoria, Australia, 7 January 1914 |
| Home Town: | Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Airman |
| Died: | Lost at sea, North Sea, 2 October 1939, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Jan 1936: | Enlisted Point Cook, Victoria, Australia | |
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| 20 Jan 1936: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 39452 | |
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 39452, No. 10 Squadron (RAF) |
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Rank - Ft/Lt.Next of kin was Charles Allsop
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Charles and Agnes Allsop of Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Husband of Eva Constance Allsop (nee Hayler of Kew, Melbourne - married in England 1938)
Flight Lieutenant John William Allsop graduated as a RAAF pilot from Point Cook in 1936 and was transferred from the RAAF to the RAF on a short-term commission, leaving for England in January 1937. At the outbreak of the war FLTLT Allsop was attached to Number 10 Squadron RAF stationed in the north-east of England. (RAF Service Number 39452)
He was the pilot of 10SQN RAF Whitley bomber K9018 which was lost over the North Sea on the night of the 1st / 2nd of October 1939 " Standard Route from Base to Berlin (Target) and return by same route. Aircraft and crew did not return to base and have been reported as missing on Form 765A Serial No. 29 and Signal to Air Ministry A.127 dated 02/10/39. Last heard working w/t 05:05." (information from British Air Ministry file AIR27/141)
The other crew lost were:
Pilot Officer Alan Gordon Salmon RAF 40321 - son of Alan and Gertrude Salmon of Reading, Berkshire
Aircraftman 1st Class John Rogerson Bell RAF 550003 - son of Robert Thomas Bell and Jane Ann Bell of Annan, Dumfriesshire
Aircraftman 1st Class Alfred Francis Hill RAF 545939 - son of Horace and Emma Louise Hill of Burnt Yates, Yorkshire
Leading Aircraftman Fred Ellison RAF 526415 - son of William and Margaret Rowcroft Ellison of Chipping, Lancashire