Geoffrey 'Sammy' Allard

There’s a good shot of ‘Sammy’ and his mount on page 87 of the Osprey ‘Hurricane Aces 1939-1940’ book and a small write up, doubtless there’s more info in there regarding him but I haven’t read the book in some years now though I do remember it being one of the better of the series.

Tom

Thank you

Hello Chaps,
Thank you very much for your answers.
This help me a lot.

Best Regards.

Hi, This seems to be the only one available. Flypast December 1981, P 56: Sammy Allard in France. The Huricane he force landed at Lympne, September 2, 1940, was: N 2477 VY * L. ‘Battle of Britain Then And Now’, P 406. Hope this is of help.

Best Wishes.
Robert.

Allard’s Hurricanes

Hello Chaps,
Could you please help me on this?
Thanks in advance.

Geoffrey Allard’s Hurricanes

Hello Chap, thank you very much for your answer,
Unfortunatelly I do not have access to that magazine.

A long time ago I read about Hurricane N2319 VY-P, during the Battle of France, Allard claimed 2 victories (Heinkel III) on May 10th, 1940 also P/O Woods-Scawen was shot down on this aircraft on May 17th, 1940 by Bf109 of JG3.

The only information that I have is:
P/O Geoffrey ‘Sammy’ Allard of No 85 Squadron was born in York in 1912 and joined the R.A.F. as an aircraft apprentice in 1929. In 1936 he was accepted for pilot training and graduated as a Sergeant Pilot. ‘Sammy’ Allard fought in France and he shot down at least ten enemy aircraft. Allard was awarded the D.F.M. and promoted to Flight Sergeant. He fought in the Battle of Britain shot down a total of 23 enemy aircraft and was commissioned in August 1940. On one occasion he put his Hurricane down at Lympne with engine trouble. While his aircraft was being serviced the field was attacked and his Hurricane was destroyed, he escaped un-hurt.
On 13 March 1941, Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Allard, one of Fighter Command’s leading aces took off in a Havoc and and all seemed normal until suddenly the aircraft appeared to lose speed, banked to the left, went into a spin and crashed. Allard, W.H.Hodgson a New Zealander from No 85 Squadron and another passenger were killed. It is believed that a nose panel was not secured properly and came off, jamming the rudder and causing the aircraft to become uncontrollable.
He is buried in Safron Waldon Borough Cemetery.

One of the first FlyPast magazine’s 1985’ish ran an article about Allard and had some good photo’s. Allard’s Hurri had an interesting wavy line on the cowl and leading edge between the upper camo and lower sky blue colour. Hope this helps!