Service Details
Name:
 THORPE
Given Name:
 CHARLES EDRED
Initials:
 C E
Service No:
 97516V
Rank:
 Pupil Pilot
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Date of Death:
 1944-01-18
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk I/II #3827, oil tank cowl detached in flight, and crashed in Tayfield ALG circuit
Additional
Information:
Son of Harold T. E. Thorpe and Helene V. Thorpe, of Johannesburg.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CREMATION MEMORIAL
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