ALLAN, PETER DOUGLAS Rank: Flying Officer Service No: 419752 Date of Death: 19/04/1945 Age: 22 Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force Grave Reference IV, D, 13. Cemetery ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Douglas Erskine Allan and Kathleen Helen Allan; husband of Barbara Ann Allan, of Davenham, Cheshire. Father of Roger Peter Matthew Allan. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1716402/ALLAN,%20PETER%20DOUGLAS
good day cl1.yesterday.11:08pm.re:remembering today 19/4/45 flying officer p.d.allan 419752,royal australian air force,may he rest in peace,regards bernard85
The grave of 419752 Flying Officer (FO) Peter Douglas Allan, a member of No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF, attached to RAF Middle East forces. FO Allan was killed in air operations on April 19, 1945 near Imola, Italy.The cross is the original grave marker. Source: Australian War Memorial
The only bit of info I can add is his aircraft details: ALLAN, Peter Douglas (Flying Officer) 419752 Kittyhawk IV FX581 Imola, Italy 19-Apr-45 450 Squadron RAAF
Besides the photo provided by Pieter (http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/MEA2265/) another shot of the grave being tended by a friend of Peter's is held in the AWM collection - http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/MEA2266/ Italy. c. 1945. Flying Officer George Flemming, pilot of No. 3 (Mustang) Squadron RAAF, attending the grave of his friend, 419752 Flying Officer P. D. Allan, a member of No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF, who was killed in an air operation on 19 April 1945. The casualty report on the loss of Flying Officer Allan held by the NAA has been digitised - details of the loss are attached.
