Allan, James Llewellyn (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-November-05

Flying Officer James Llewellyn Allan RCAF

Birth Date: 1921-September-08

Born: Valparaiso, Saskatchewan

Son of William James Allan and Edna Winefred Allan, of Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Home: Tisdale, Saskatchewan

Enlistment: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Enlistment Date: 1941-08-13

Decorations: DFC

Distinguished Service Cross

Service

RCAF

Unit

198 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Igni Renatus We are reborn by fire

Base

RAF Fairwood Common

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

J/19586
Prev: R/115920

Home
Google MapTisdale, Saskatchewan
Final Burial
Google MapSchoonselhof Cemetery
III E 19

Born in Valparaiso, Saskatchewan, 1921; home in Tisdale, Saskatchewan; teacher in civilian life. Enlisted in Saskatoon, 13 August 1941. Trained at No 7 ITS (graduated 28 March 1942), No 2 EFTS (graduated 20 June 1942) and No 1 SFTS (graduated 9 October 1942). Killed in Action 3 November 1944 and buried in Belgium.

198 Squadron (Igini Renatus). Typhoon IB aircraft MN 702 lost over South Beveland, Holland while attacking Walchern Island.

Distinguished Flying Cross - No.198 Squadron - Award effective 8 December 1944 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 293/45 dated 16 February 1945. Medal presented to next-of-kin February 1946. The citation reads "Flying Officer Allan has taken part in numerous attacks on enemy road and rail transport, tanks, radio installations and gun positions. He has led his section with great skill and courage, qualities which have contributed materially to the successes obtained. He has set a fine example to all." Detail provided by H Halliday, Orleans, ON

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Typhoon serial: MN702

Source: Harold A Skaarup Web Page (IWM Photo, MH 6864)
Hawker Typhoon Mk. IB (Serial No. RB402), coded 5V-P, of No. 439 Squadron, RCAF, landing at airfield B100, Goch, Germany, ca. 1944

The Hawker Typhoon (Tiffy in RAF slang) is a British single-seat fighter-bomber, produced by Hawker Aircraft. It was intended to be a medium-high altitude interceptor, as a replacement for the Hawker Hurricane but several design problems were encountered and it never completely satisfied this requirement.

The Typhoon was originally designed to mount twelve .303 inch (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns and be powered by the latest 2,000 hp engines. Its service introduction in mid-1941 was plagued with problems and for several months the aircraft faced a doubtful future. When the Luftwaffe brought the formidable Focke-Wulf Fw 190 into service in 1941, the Typhoon was the only RAF fighter capable of catching it at low altitudes; as a result it secured a new role as a low-altitude interceptor.

The Typhoon became established in roles such as night-time intruder and long-range fighter. From late 1942 the Typhoon was equipped with bombs and from late 1943 RP-3 rockets were added to its armoury. With those weapons and its four 20mm Hispano autocannons, the Typhoon became one of the Second World War's most successful ground-attack aircraft.

By 1943, the RAF needed a ground attack fighter more than a "pure" fighter and the Typhoon was suited to the role (and less-suited to the pure fighter role than competing aircraft such as the Spitfire Mk IX). The powerful engine allowed the aircraft to carry a load of up to two 1,000 pounds (450 kg) bombs, equal to the light bombers of only a few years earlier. The bomb-equipped aircraft were nicknamed "Bombphoons" and entered service with No. 181 Squadron, formed in September 1942. Wikipedia

Wikipedia Wikipedia Hawker Typhoon

unvetted Source Harold A.Skaarup Web Page

YouTube YouTube Hawker Typhoon in action