Allan, George Ingram (Flying Officer)

Born in Davidson, Saskatchewan, 1908; home in Imperial, Saskatchewan; Educated at University of Saskatchewan. Enlisted in Saskatoon 7 January 1942. Trained at No. 2 ITS (graduated 28 April 1941), No. 3 AOS (graduated 21 July 1941), No. 5 BGS (graduated 1 September 1941) and No.1 ANS (graduated 29 September 1941). 142 Squadron (Determination). Mosquito aircraft KB 463 failed to return from a raid against Kassell, Germany. The RAF pilot was also killed. Flying Officer Navigator Bomb Aimer Allan has no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Runnymede War Memorial, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey, England. His age at death was 37. ALLAN, Flying Officer George Ingram (119255) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.692 Squadron (missing) - Award effective 5 February 1945 as per London Gazette dated 16 February 1945 and AFRO 563/45 dated 29 March 1945. Killed in Action with No.142 Squadron, 12 January 1945 (Mosquito K13463); name on Runnymede Memorial. Medal presented to next-of-kin December 1946. No citation other than, "Completed numerous operations against the enemy in the course of which [he has] invariably displayed the utmost fortitude, courage and devotion to duty." Public Records Office Air 2/8830 has recommendation flown 60 sorties (255) hours in two tours. His first tour began in May, 1942 with a trip to Cologne and ended with a trip to Karlsruhe in September of the same year. He made trips to Essen (2), Bremen (3), Emden (3), GARDENING (Terschelling Is.; Danish coast, Heligoland), Sea Search (1), Wilhelmshaven (1), Frisian Islands (1), Duisburg (3), Hamburg (1), Dusseldorf (2), Osnabruk ( 1), Mainz (1), Flensburg 01 Kassel (1), Saarbrucken (1), and Karlsruhe (1). His second tour began with a trip to Bremen on July 19, 1944 and ended with a trip to Berlin on October 23, 1944. He completed operations to Bremen (2), Kiel (2), Frankfurt (2), Berlin (7), Stuttgart (1), Hamburg (2), Castrop Rauxel (1), Cologne (2), Essen (1), Dusseldorf 0, Karlsruhe (1), Hanover (1), Nuremburg (1), Brunswick (2), Mannheim (2), Wilhelmshaven (2), and Wiesbaden (1). "This officer, as navigator and bomb aimer, has now completed a very large number of operational sorties against well defended and far distant targets." Detail provided by H. Halliday, Orleans, Ontario. Cenotaph at Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Runnymede Burough, Surrey, England Plot 278