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Allen, James Millard (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-October-16

Canada

Birth Date: 1916 (age 27)

Son of Walter George and Helen McMillan Allen. of Sutton West, Ontario.

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Service
RCAF

Unit
131 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base
RAF Kiladeas

Rank

Sergeant

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers
R/85646

Canso I AH551

Operational 1943-October-16 to 1943-October-16

(AS) OTU (RAF) Lilladeas

131 Operational Training Unit, the Catalina aircraft AH 551 operated on a training flight out of RAF Killadeas. The wing dipped during a practice stall. The aircraft had almost recovered when it hit a hillside and crashed at the St Angelo VHF receiving station, County Fermanagh.

Inquiry final recommendation was for a minimum altitude of 3000 feet AGL prior to attempting a practice stall on a Catalina aircraft. Of the 10 on board, only the 2 blister gunners survived with injuries.

Sergeant JM Allen R/85646 FE RCAF Burried Irvimestown, Sacred Heart, RC Churchyard; Sqn Ldr PG Cooper 42803 Pilot RAF Burried Morden Cemetery, London; FO FH Grainger J/12769 Pilot RCAF Burried Irvinestown CofI Churchyard;Warrant Officer GF Hardy 905414 FM RAF Burried Mortlake Cemetery London; Sergeant JH Hodgson R/178888 AG Burried Irvinestown CofI Churchyard; Sergeant VH Louis R97709 FE RCAF Burried Irvinestown Sacred Heart RC Churchyard; FO DL Sproule J/13096 Pilot RCAF Burried Irvinestown CofI Churchyard; Flt Sergeant D Mudd 1017561 RAF Burried Cawthorne Cemetery Yorkshire

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Sacred Heart Church
Grave 3

Canso AH551

Sergeant Allen, James Millard (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-October-16
Sacred Heart Church, Devenish Parish, Church Street, Irvinestown, Enniskillen, UK

Flying Officer Grainger, Frank Herbert (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-October-16
Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Irvinestown, County Fermanagh, UK

Sergeant Hodgson, John Harvey (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-October-16
Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Irvinestown, County Fermanagh, UK

Sergeant Louis, Valentine Hinton (RCAF)
FE/AG
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-October-16
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Churchyard, Irvinestown, County Fermanagh, UK

Flying Officer Sproule, David Leigh (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-October-16
Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Irvinestown, County Fermanagh, UK

Consolidated Canso Catalina PBY PB2B A-10 OA-10 Black Cat

RCAF Canso A (Serial No. 9754), No. 162 Squadron, F/L David Ernest Hornell aircraft.

The Consolidated Catalina and Canso were close cousins. The Canso was the true amphibious version of the design and therefore included a conventional undercarriage to allow for either water or land use. The Canso provided more than two decades of valuable service to the RCAF. The Catalina variant came first and was produced beginning in 1935 for the United States Navy. The amphibious version, designated PBY-5A, came in service early in 1941 and the RCAF began using the aircraft on anti-submarine patrols that same year. After the Second World War, the RCAF used Cansos for search and rescue, Arctic survey missions and various transport operations. RCAF

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