Dallamore, John Walter (Squadron Leader)

Killed in Action 1940-October-02

Squadron Leader John Walter Dallamore RAF

Birth Date: 1913

Born:

Parents: John Hugh & P. R. Dallamore

Spouse: Margaret Morrison Dallamore, of Hoeys Bridge, Kenya. B.Sc. Mining Engineering, University of Alberta.

Home: Edmonton, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

45 (MB) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Ardua Surgo Through difficulties I arise

Base

RAF Wadi Gazouza, Sudan

Rank

Squadron Leader

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

36074

Home
Google MapEdmonton, Alberta
Final Burial
Google MapAsmara War Cemetery
Plot 3 Row B Grave 10

Blenheim Mk I L-8452 lost, shot down in flames by an Italian aircraft.

Sqn Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader John Walter Dallamore RAF 36074 (Can.) held control of the aircraft until his crew could bale out but was unable to get out himself and was killed when the aircraft crashed and exploded near Mai Egada, Eritrea.

Sergeant Myles MacKenzie (RAF) baled but was killed, buried with Dallamore in Asmara Cemetery Pilot Officer Alfred George Sheppard (RAF) baled safely and was taken Prisoner of War. No further information as to POW camp, etc.

Unvetted Source Aviation Safety Network

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