Flight Sergeant Allan Squires Millis

Service number 401709
Birth Date 1918-10-01
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Carlton
Death Date 1942-09-07
Death Place Germany
Final Rank Flight Sergeant
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Unit No. 12 Squadron (RAF)
Places
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Flight Sergeant Millis enlisted to the Royal Australian Air Force on 28 March 1941, and trained as a wireless operator and air gunner in Canada and the United Kingdom. He later joined 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force. On the night of 6-7 September 1942, he was part of a bombing operation targeting Duisberg, Germany. However, his aircraft was caught in a flying battle, and did not return from the operation. Flight Sergeant Millis was proclaimed missing, and later confirmed to have died on 7 September 1942. He is buried at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

Rolls

  • Roll of Honour:

    Unit
    No. 12 Squadron (RAF)
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Flight Sergeant

Timeline

date of birth 01 October 1918
date of death 07 September 1942