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Joined RCAF, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF June 41, 12-4-41 1 x damaged and 1 x probable Bf109,
hit water in Spitfire Vb W3645 strafing enemy coastal freighters damaging his engine and prop, attempted to get back to base and crashed in sea. Missing in action / Killed in Action (KIA) 31-5-42.
Squadron
'On 14 May 1941, No. 121 was reformed at Kirton-in-Lindsey as the second 'Eagle' Squadron to be manned by American volunteers. Equipped with Hurricanes, it began defensive patrols in October but in November it converted to Spitfires. It moved to North...
Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire W3645 Mk Vb, Const #1907, Built at Eastleigh.
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Military site : airfield
Used as an RFC and RAF Home Defence landing ground during the First World War, Kirton-in-Lindsey was built during 1938-40 as an RAF fighter station. It had two grass runways, 10 hardstandings, three grouped C hangars and four over-blister hangars....
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| Born | 1915 | |
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Born 1915 son of Mr and Mrs Leslie L. Allen. |
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| Lived in | Spartanburg, SC, USA | 1939 |
| Educated | Wofford College, 429 N Church St, Spartanburg, SC 29303, USA | 1939 |
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Studied at Wordford College. |
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| Joined RCAF | Canada | 1940 |
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Joined Royal Canadian Air Force. |
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| Service pilot training | Tulsa, OK, USA | 1940 |
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Service pilot training in US. |
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| Shipped overseas | Merseyside, UK | 1940 |
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Shipped overseas to ETO. |
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| Operational training | Great Britain, United Kingdom | 1941 |
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Operational training at OTU. Conversion to Hurricane and Spitfires. |
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| E/A Kill | Calais, France | 12 April 1941 |
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1 x Bf109 damaged and 1 x Bf109 probable. 12-4-41. |
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| Assigned | North Weald Bassett, Epping, Essex CM16, UK | June 1941 |
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Assigned 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF June 41 |
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| Died | English Channel | 31 May 1942 |
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Hit water in Spitfire Vb W3645 strafing enemy coastal freighters damaging his engine and prop, attempted to get back to base and crashed in sea. Missing in action / Killed in Action (KIA) 31-5-42. |
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| Buried | Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Cooper's Hill Ln, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey TW20 0LB, UK | 1945 |
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Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Surrey, UK. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 18 October 2015 17:05:14 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:26:10 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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