Aviator. Born in County Limerick, Ireland, he was a consulting engineer by trade. He received his flight licence in London, England on February 20, 1912. On April 18, 1912, he set off on a flight from Holyhead, Wales, to Ireland in a Bleriot monoplane but he disappeared and was never heard from again. It is highly believed that he and his plane crashed into the Irish Sea. The previous day on April 17, 1912, Allen had set out from the Hendon Aerodome in London in a supposed wager race against his friend the aviator Denys Corbett-Wilson, but Wilson had to land his plane due to mechanical issues. On April 22, 1912, ten days after Allen's disappearance Corbett-Wilson was able to finish the complete flight between Great Britain and Ireland. A few days later, a Welsh aviator by the name of Vivian Hewitt successfully completed Allen's flight from Holyhead, Wales, to Dublin, Ireland, landing in the Phoenix Park. On June 24, 1912, the High Court in London made an order that Allen was should be presumed dead on or before April 18, 1912. He left an his estate valued at £6,923 15s 8d. Before his death, Allen was being sued in the courts for the recovery of portrait of Lady Anne Ponsonby by Thomas Gainsborough, which he had sold at Christie's for 8,300 guineas (£8,715). On 11 February 1913, after a seven-day trial, the jury returned a verdict for the defendants, including the executors of Allen's will. To this day no Trace of Allen of his Bleriot monoplane has ever been found.
Aviator. Born in County Limerick, Ireland, he was a consulting engineer by trade. He received his flight licence in London, England on February 20, 1912. On April 18, 1912, he set off on a flight from Holyhead, Wales, to Ireland in a Bleriot monoplane but he disappeared and was never heard from again. It is highly believed that he and his plane crashed into the Irish Sea. The previous day on April 17, 1912, Allen had set out from the Hendon Aerodome in London in a supposed wager race against his friend the aviator Denys Corbett-Wilson, but Wilson had to land his plane due to mechanical issues. On April 22, 1912, ten days after Allen's disappearance Corbett-Wilson was able to finish the complete flight between Great Britain and Ireland. A few days later, a Welsh aviator by the name of Vivian Hewitt successfully completed Allen's flight from Holyhead, Wales, to Dublin, Ireland, landing in the Phoenix Park. On June 24, 1912, the High Court in London made an order that Allen was should be presumed dead on or before April 18, 1912. He left an his estate valued at £6,923 15s 8d. Before his death, Allen was being sued in the courts for the recovery of portrait of Lady Anne Ponsonby by Thomas Gainsborough, which he had sold at Christie's for 8,300 guineas (£8,715). On 11 February 1913, after a seven-day trial, the jury returned a verdict for the defendants, including the executors of Allen's will. To this day no Trace of Allen of his Bleriot monoplane has ever been found.
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