Thorp, Arthur
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Arthur |
Surname | Thorp |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Date of Death | 09-04-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of William and Florence Thorp. Husband of Violet Thorp, of Chorley, Lancashire. Brother of Joan MillicentThorp and Philip Thorp. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax VII |
Serial Number | NP769 |
Markings | EQ-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Becklingen War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 14. D. 6. |
Epitaph | HIS COMPANY WAS OUR GREATEST PLEASURE, HIS MEMORY OUR GREATEST TREASURE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 254 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 2207095 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 408 (Goose) |
Squadron Motto | For freedom |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Centre, Linton on Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial and inscribed slate tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 408 (Goose) and 426 (Thunderbird) Squadrons of R.C.A.F |
Miscellaneous Information
He was a civil servant at the labour exchange in Derby before joining up. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-04-1945 |
End Date | 09-04-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Linton-on-Ouse |
Day/Night Raid | Night (18% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg- to attack the shipyards. 440 aircraft, 6 losses. Bombing was scattered due to cloud cover. Although some damage was probably caused to the shipyards, the American 8th Air Force had attacked the target only a few hours earlier so it was impossible to differentiate the damaged caused by the two raids |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Heidenau, NW of Tostedt, Germany |