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.
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