Operation: Not known.
Date: 24th April 1942
Unit: No.266 (Rhodesia) Squadron R.A.F.
Type: Hawker Typhoon
Serial No: R7654
Location: Near Great Casterton, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.
Pilot: P/O Neville Neil Allen. 80112 R.A.F.V.R. Age 21 - Killed. (Rhodesian diving champion 1940).
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft flew out of cloud and into the ground near Great Casterton, killing its young 21 year old pilot. No further details known. (Please contact us if you have further information).
Burial details:
All Saints Churchyard, Wittering, Lincolnshire: Row B. Grave 2. Son of Donald Walter and Beatrice Amy Allen, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
Page reconstructed by Alexander King 2025, researched by David King A.R. Society for relatives/friends of the pilot. (2012)
Thank you for Visiting.
We at the Society strongly encourage proper crediting of all materials used on our pages. This includes clearly acknowledging both the creators and the original sources.
If you discover any of your work featured without appropriate credit, please contact us immediately — we are committed to resolving such issues promptly and respectfully.
The British Library is preserving this site for the future in the UK Web Archive at www.webarchive.org.uk All site sections are subsequently recorded as part of our nation’s history and heritage at The British Library.
