Southend Airport

On 24 July 1940, Flying Officer Johnny Allen – who was based at RAF Rochford, the airfield that became London Southend Airport - was flying a Spitfire MK1 protecting a convoy in the Channel and Thames Estuary. During combat over Margate his engine ...

A PLAQUE commemorating an RAF pilot who died during the Battle of Britain is now on display at Southend Airport. 54(R) Squadron from RAF Waddington presented the plaque to the airport in memory of Flying Officer Johnny Allen DFC. On July 24 1940, ...

A PLAQUE commemorating an RAF pilot who died during the Battle of Britain is now on display at Southend Airport. 54(R) Squadron from RAF Waddington presented the plaque to the airport in memory of Flying Officer Johnny Allen DFC. On July 24 1940, ...

A PLAQUE commemorating an RAF pilot who died during the Battle of Britain is now on display at Southend Airport. 54(R) Squadron from RAF Waddington presented the plaque to the airport in memory of Flying Officer Johnny Allen DFC. On July 24 1940, ...

A PLAQUE commemorating an RAF pilot who died during the Battle of Britain is now on display at Southend Airport. 54(R) Squadron from RAF Waddington presented the plaque to the airport in memory of Flying Officer Johnny Allen DFC. On July 24 1940, ...

A PLAQUE commemorating an RAF pilot who died during the Battle of Britain is now on display at Southend Airport. 54(R) Squadron from RAF Waddington presented the plaque to the airport in memory of Flying Officer Johnny Allen DFC. On July 24 1940, ...