Charles Allen (RAF officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British flying ace
Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1899
Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 06-Jan-1974
Profession: physician
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Charles Allen (RAF officer)
- Captain Charles Philip Allen (born 3 April 1899 – 6 January 1974) was a British World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.Born in Liverpool, Allen joined the Royal Flying Corps as an officer cadet, and was commissioned as a Temporary Second Lieutenant on 26 September 1917.He was posted to 204 Squadron RAF on 5 April 1918, and shot down seven Fokker D.VIIs between June and November, while flying the Sopwith Camel.Allen received two awards from Belgium, being gazetted a Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Couronne ("Knight of the Order of the Crown") on 8 February 1919, and being awarded the Croix de Guerre by His Majesty the King of the Belgians on 15 July 1919.
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