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THORP, Arthur

Personal Information
Rank P/O
Forename(s) Arthur
Surname Thorp
Gender M
Age 20
Decorations
Date of death 03-10-1943
Next of kin Son of Aaron and Jessie Thorp, of Yeldersley, Derbyshire.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax V
Serial Number DK201
Markings MP-P
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Hanover War Cemetery
Grave Reference 12. H. 3..
Epitaph GOD GAVE THY SOUL BRAVE WINGS
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 254
Enlistment information
Service Number 156078
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 4
Squadron 76
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Fellow Servicemen
Zuidmulder J T (Sgt)
Last Operation information
Start Date 03-10-1943
End Date 04-10-1943
Takeoff Station Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Kassel. 547 aircraft, 24 losses (4.4%). H2S blind marking aircraft overshot the aiming point badly and the visual markers could not compensate due to thick haze. Decoy fires were probably also used by the Germans. The Henschel and Fieseler aircraft factories were hit and the suburb of Wolfshanger was devastated, in part due to an ammunition dump being hit. 118 deaths on the ground.
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Hptm. Hans Baer of 4./NJG3 and crashed at Leistrup, ESE of Detmold.