Son of John Edward Thorley and of Louie Thorley of Moss Side, Manchester, England.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: 1112970
Died on 05/08/1942
Age: 19
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 1653 Heavy Converion Unit (HCU) [RAF Burn, Yorkshire]
1653 HCU's Consolidated B-24 Liberator AL588 aircraft, with ten aircrew on board, took flight from RAF Burn on an air-to-air gunnery exercise with a smaller Spitfire aircraft. While practicing a manoeuvre the Liberator crashed near Tockwith, tragically taking the lives of the ten airmen.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: 1112970
Died on 05/08/1942
Age: 19
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 1653 Heavy Converion Unit (HCU) [RAF Burn, Yorkshire]
1653 HCU's Consolidated B-24 Liberator AL588 aircraft, with ten aircrew on board, took flight from RAF Burn on an air-to-air gunnery exercise with a smaller Spitfire aircraft. While practicing a manoeuvre the Liberator crashed near Tockwith, tragically taking the lives of the ten airmen.
Son of John Edward Thorley and of Louie Thorley of Moss Side, Manchester, England.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: 1112970
Died on 05/08/1942
Age: 19
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 1653 Heavy Converion Unit (HCU) [RAF Burn, Yorkshire]
1653 HCU's Consolidated B-24 Liberator AL588 aircraft, with ten aircrew on board, took flight from RAF Burn on an air-to-air gunnery exercise with a smaller Spitfire aircraft. While practicing a manoeuvre the Liberator crashed near Tockwith, tragically taking the lives of the ten airmen.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: 1112970
Died on 05/08/1942
Age: 19
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 1653 Heavy Converion Unit (HCU) [RAF Burn, Yorkshire]
1653 HCU's Consolidated B-24 Liberator AL588 aircraft, with ten aircrew on board, took flight from RAF Burn on an air-to-air gunnery exercise with a smaller Spitfire aircraft. While practicing a manoeuvre the Liberator crashed near Tockwith, tragically taking the lives of the ten airmen.
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