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R.N.G.Allen
Robert Allen was a supernumerary on 197 Sqn before joining 266 Sqn as a flight commander. He had flown with 1 and 128 sqns earlier in the war. In the revised version of Norman Franks' 'Typhoon Attack' (Grub Street, 2003) he gives a personal account (in 'Recollections, page 250) of his last Typhoon flight. He survived a last-minute bale-out and was captured almost immediately; he had lost his flying boots and socks when he was sucked out of the diving aircraft by the slipstream. There is no mention of evading capture and he was soon in Stalag Luft III. He retired as a Group Captain, CBE, DFC.
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