ISOB Flying Officer Leonard Allman -RCAF
Details:
Grave: XIII. H. 13
Isolated BurialAn standard inscribed upright Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) memorial headstone.
The Isolated Burial of Flying Officer Leonard Ralph Allman of Schnectady, New York who was killed in action while flying his Typhoon aircraft with the 440 Squadron, Royall Canadian Air Force on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
He is also remembered near his crash location. See site: Saint-Manvieu-Norrey, Flight Lieutenant Leonard Allman RCAF Pilot Plaque
Monument Text:
FLYING OFFICER
L.R. ALLMAN
PILOT
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
6TH JUNE 1944 AGED 24
WE'VE KNOWN SO MUCH OF HAPPINESS,
ONE GIFT OF GOD THAT DEATH CANNOT DESTROY
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
440th RCAF Squadron
Royal Canadian Air Force
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Normandy Invasion