Alfred Thorpe
Flying Officer · 155998 · United Kingdom
- Died
- 31 March 1944, aged 25
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany
Operations on this date. One raid in this archive was flown on the night of 31 March 1944: Operation Nuremberg raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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30 March 1944
Flew Operation Nuremberg raid
Navigator, LW647 MP-W — Failed to return -
31 March 1944
Died
aged 25
Crew & operations
Flew as Navigator with No. 76 Squadron.
- Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft LW647 MP-W (Handley Page Halifax) — Failed to return
Crew: Adam Scott Arneil (Bomb aimer) · Anthony Monk (Flight engineer) · Arthur Douglas Maw (Mid-upper gunner) · Gordon Charles George Greenacre (Pilot) · Arthur Henry Death (Rear gunner) · Jack A Henthorn (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: THORPE, ALFRED → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission