World War II Honoree

Thomas Willcox Allen

Hometown

Louisburg, North Carolina

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT LIEUTENANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 27 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 121 'EAGLE' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS BATTLE DAMAGED SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK. VB (W3645) CRASHED INTO THE NORTH SEA OFF WALCHEREN ISLAND, THE NETHERLANDS ON MAY 31, 1942. COMMEMORATED ON PANEL 99 AT THE AIR FORCES MEMORIAL AT RUNNYMEDE, ENGLEFIELD GREEN, SURREY, ENGLAND AND ON THE EAGLE SQUADRON MEMORIAL, GROSVENOR SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND.