Charles Allen (RAF officer)
Captain Charles Philip Allen 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 on 8 February 1919, and being awarded the Croix de Guerre by His Majesty the King of the Belgians on 15 July 1919.
