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At the end of June, 1942, P/O Dallenger proceeded to No. 22 Operational Training Unit, Wellesbourne-Mountford, Warwickshire. Early in August he was posted to No. 7 Squadron Conversion Flight, Oakington, for a conversion course to Stirling aircraft. On the completion of the course he remained with No. 7 Squadron at Oakington, and from this base carried out a further seven operational flights. These included raids on targets in Germany, including Duisburg, Osnabruck, Bremen, and Wilhelmshaven. He also carried out mine-laying operations in the Baltic Sea.

On the night of 16/17th September, 1942, P/O Dallenger was the pilot of a Stirling aircraft, which failed to return from a raid on an enemy target. This was his 11th operational flight. All the members of the crew, including P/O Dallenger, were classified as missing. Information later received through the International Red Cross stated that P/O Dallenger's body had been washed ashore near Lemmer, Holland. His death was therefore presumed to have occured on 17th September, 1942. A later report received stated that P/O Dallenger was buried in the Lemmer Cemetery, Friesland, Holland. The other New Zealanders in the crew were Sgt. T. D. Lamb of Blenheim; Sgt. W. T. Anderson of Christchurch; Sgt. R. B. Crabtree of Napier; and Sgt. H. O. Goddard of Tehanga.

5/2/4069 AS2
458 hrs. as pilot.

Mr. J. S. Dallenger (F)
14 Stilling Street,
LOWER HUTT.