Allen, E (Ethan) U.S.A., R.A.F., Pilot, Flying Officer
Flying Officer Ethan Allen of New York City, N.Y. Picture (issued 1944) recently made his seventh attack on a U-boat in ten month's service with a Coastal Command Liberator Squadron operating from England. He was captain of "C" for "Charlie" when his second pilot sighted a fully-surfaced U-boat silhouetted in the moonlight. The U-boat opened fire on the aircraft but met a fierce reply from the Liberator and by the light of the moon the crew saw hits on the conning-tower whilst their depth charges, released from 100 feet straddled the submarine. They flew for 5 1/2 hours over the area but saw no more of the U-boat. Flying Officer Allen enlisted with the R.C.A.F. in 1941 and for his first five months in England, he flew as second pilot. He was born in Biarritz and lived in France and Switzerland until his family moved to the U.S.A. in 1937. Picture (issued 1944) shows - Flying Officer Ethan Allen of New York City, N.Y. IWM (CH 12150)
