Turp, Kenneth Charles
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Kenneth Charles |
Surname | Turp |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edmund and Edith Annie Turp, of Halstead, Essex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED876 |
Markings | OL-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Choloy War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 1. J. 1 (Coll.) |
Epitaph | HE LIVES WITH US IN MEMORY STILL NOT JUST TODAY BUT ALWAYS WILL |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 109 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 149611 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/687/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/687/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-08-1943 |
End Date | 28-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (7% moon) |
Operation | Nurnberg |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft was shot down by a night fighter (Hptm Heinrich Wohlers, Stab I./NJG 6) and crashed at Kettenheim |