ALLSOPP, William Frederick
(b. 1918 in Heathcote). He enlisted in the army in 1940 and a year later in the RAAF. In England he became air Gunner2 on a bomber on which the navigator was another old Scotch collegian, John Henry Dodgshun (b. 1921). on night raids, they took off at 7 or 8 pm and were away for three to seven hours. In 1943, in February they flew missions to Lorient, Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Nuremburg, Cologne, and St Nazaire. In March the gruelling raids took them to Berlin, Hamburg, Essen, Nuremburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Essen again, and St Nazaire. on 3 April they bombed Essen, on 7 April Kiel, and on 9 April Duisburg, a mission from which they did not return. Flight-Sergeant Allsopp of 460 Squadron died in a flying battle over North West Europe on 9 April 1943, aged 24. He is commemorated in the air Forces Memorial at Runnymede which names over 20,000 airmen who have no known graves.
(b. 1918 in Heathcote). He enlisted in the army in 1940 and a year later in the RAAF. In England he became air Gunner2 on a bomber on which the navigator was another old Scotch collegian, John Henry Dodgshun (b. 1921). on night raids, they took off at 7 or 8 pm and were away for three to seven hours. In 1943, in February they flew missions to Lorient, Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Nuremburg, Cologne, and St Nazaire. In March the gruelling raids took them to Berlin, Hamburg, Essen, Nuremburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Essen again, and St Nazaire. on 3 April they bombed Essen, on 7 April Kiel, and on 9 April Duisburg, a mission from which they did not return. Flight-Sergeant Allsopp of 460 Squadron died in a flying battle over North West Europe on 9 April 1943, aged 24. He is commemorated in the air Forces Memorial at Runnymede which names over 20,000 airmen who have no known graves.
