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ALP, Percy

Personal Information
Rank P/O
Forename(s) Percy Leonard
Surname Alp
Gender M
Age 30
Decorations
Date of death 18-07-1944
Next of kin Son of C.S.M. Joseph Thomas Alp and of Mary Ann Alp (née Rogers). Brother of Stanley and William Alp. Husband of Constance Maureen Alp (née Brierley), of Rugby, Warwickshire. Father to one son, who was three months old when Percy was killed.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax III
Serial Number MZ628
Markings SE-Y
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Creil Communal Cemetery
Grave Reference Plot 1. Grave 389..
Epitaph IN LOVING MEMORY
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 122
Enlistment information
Service Number 54973
Service Royal Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 431 (Iroquois)
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Fellow Servicemen
Abbott W (P/O)
Blasko J A (P/O)
Bull C G (S/L)
Heald R (F/O)
Lockett J E (P/O)
Mitchell F E (F/O)
Robin L (P/O)
Last Operation information
Start Date 18-07-1944
End Date 18-07-1944
Takeoff Station Croft
Day/Night raid Day
Operation Vaires- to attack railway yards. 110 aircraft- no report is available on the bombing results. Two aircraft lost.
Reason for Loss Crashed SW of Cramoisy, west of Creil, France