Thomas Wilcox Allen

Military

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.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Nicknames: Joseph Snooka (Johannesburg)
  • Unit: No 121 'Eagle' Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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E/A Kill

Calais, France 12 April 1941 1 x Bf109 damaged and 1 x Bf109 probable. 12-4-41.

Died

English Channel 31 May 1942 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.
Spartanburg, SC, USA

Buried

Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Cooper's Hill Ln, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey TW20 0LB, UK Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Surrey, UK.

Born

Born 1915 son of Mr and Mrs Leslie L. Allen.

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Educated

Wofford College, 429 N Church St, Spartanburg, SC 29303, USA Studied at Wordford College.

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Joined RCAF

Canada Joined Royal Canadian Air Force.

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Assigned

North Weald Bassett, Epping, Essex CM16, UK Assigned 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF June 41

Other

Service pilot training

Tulsa, OK, USA Service pilot training in US.

Other

Shipped overseas

Merseyside, UK Shipped overseas to ETO.

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Operational training

Great Britain, United Kingdom Operational training at OTU. Conversion to Hurricane and Spitfires.

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Sources

Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia