Thorpe, Percival Gordon
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Percival Gordon |
Surname | Thorpe |
Gender | M |
Age | 33 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 26-03-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Repton Thorpe and Marguerite Elsie Thorpe. Husband of Emma Thorpe, of Kingsbury, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | W5372 |
Markings | PH-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bergen General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 1. Row D. Grave 20. |
Epitaph | BELOVED. DEARLY LOVED ONLY SON OF WILLIAM AND ELSIE THORPE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 107 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1378582 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/12957 (P367208/42) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 26-03-1942 |
End Date | 27-03-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Binbrook |
Day/Night Raid | Night (69% moon) |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by night fighter ace Obst Prinz Egmont sure Lippe Weissenfeld, crashing at Enkhuizen, Holland, one of his four victims that night, two from 12 Squadron |