Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) 138453 Allen Pennington
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 83 Sqdn.
Theatre of War: Germany
Age at death: 22
Date of death: 27th of April 1944
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Rheinberg War Cemetery
Family details:
Son of Alexander and Elsie Ellen Pennington, of St. Helens, Lancashire.
Census details:
1939 Register. Unfortunately Allen and one other member of the household are redacted. Father Alexander Pennington born 23/08/1893 a Colliery Head Ways Clerk, mother Elsie E Pennington born 20/09/1895 an Unpaid Domestic and brother Albert Pennington born 13/11/1927 At School are living at 41 Rivington Avenue, St Helens
Notes:
On the Cowley Schools Roll Of Honour -attended 1933 -1938.
On the Cowley Schools Roll Of Honour -attended 1933 -1938.
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Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) 138453 Allen Pennington:-
83rd Squadron RAF - Pathfinders
Aircraft - Lancaster Mark 111, Registration ND400. Base - RAF Coningsby, Linconshire
Target - Schwienfurt, Germany. (Main production centre for ball bearings)
Other Crew Members:-
Sgt W L Holford
WO/1 D L Prowse
WO/1 R A Storbakken (Canadian)
F/Sgt J G McGarva
F/Sgt E R Caldwell (Canadian)
F/ Sgt W A Napier DFM
The aircraft crashed at Dhan, a small town in central Germany 14 km east of Pirmasens. WO 1 Prowse was the only survivor, being very seriously injured and remaining at Dhan until liberated by the Americans.
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