CANADIAN SPECIAL OPS Allen, Robert Steven John (Bob)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Allen ​

• FORENAME

Robert Steven John (Bob) ​

• UNIT

Canadian Airborne Regiment ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

D22505919​

• DATE OF DEATH

29th January 1989 ​

• AGE

24​

• GRAVESITE

Cremated​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 02.05.1964, Iserlohrn, Germany​

father Cecil Herbert Allen (1938-1999)​

mother Evelyn Leah (nee Clyde) Allen (1937-2001)​

wife Yvette​

2 children (Shaun & Christopher)​

enlisted 07.03.1985​

killed in crash at Fort Wainwright, Alaska ​

memorial with parents - Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada​

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On Sunday, 29 Jan 1989, Canadian Armed Forces Lockheed CC-130E Hercules (#130318) aircraft, which had taken flight from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, crashed while approaching its landing at the Fairbanks-Fort Wainwright Airport in Alaska, USA. As a result, two of the eight aircrew perished in this accident, as did seven of the ten Canadian servicemen passengers on board (six casualties were paratroopers from the Airborne Regiment at CFB Petawawa, Ontario). Eight lost their lives in the crash and one other person died several days later from the serious injuries he'd sustained.
The Hercules, participating in the "Brim Frost" exercise [a joint Canadian-U. S. military exercise being held in the waning days of the Cold War with the Soviets], had crash-landed 300-600 feet short of the runway at night in -46deg C temperatures.
The nine casualties of this aircraft accident were-
Corporal Robert Steven John ALLEN,
Warrant Officer Joseph Keith ARSENAULT,
Master Corporal Paul Émile Claude CASTONGUAY,
Master Corporal John William MacKINNON,
Corporal Paul Steven McGINNIS,
Captain Richard Michael William MOORE,
Master Corporal Donald Edward SMITH,
Acting Corporal Lee Wayne WRIGHT and
Master Corporal Louis Mark PAPINEAU-COUTURE