Person    | Male  Born 13/6/1914  Died 31/5/1942

Thomas Allen

Countries: USA

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Commemorated on a memorial as having died in WW2.

Thomas Allen

Flight Lieutenant Thomas Willcox Allen was born on 13 June 1914, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA, the younger of the two children of Leslie Lyle Allen (1877-1950) and Sarah Beaufort Allen née Sims (1887-1918).

He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, service number J/15015 and later was attached to the Royal Air Force's No.121 Squadron.

He died, aged 27 years, on 31 May 1942 when flying a Spitfire Mark VB, serial number W3645, having strafed enemy coastal freighters off Flushing, Holland, he hit the water, damaging his engine and propeller. He attempted to get back to his base, but crashed into the sea.

As he has no known grave he is commemorated on Panel 99 of the Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede, Egham, Surrey.

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

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