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Name: J E THORPE
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 770 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1942-04-14
Aircraft: Chesapeake AL 928
Place of death: Near Crail, Fife, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: CRAIL CEMETERY - Fifeshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section G, Grave 5
Family details: Son of William Henry and Mary Louisa Thorpe, of Watford, Hertfordshire
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 770 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1942-04-14
Aircraft: Chesapeake AL 928
Place of death: Near Crail, Fife, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: CRAIL CEMETERY - Fifeshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section G, Grave 5
Family details: Son of William Henry and Mary Louisa Thorpe, of Watford, Hertfordshire
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