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F/Sgt Eric Dudley Turpie

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F/Sgt Eric Dudley Turpie Veteran

Birth
Fremantle, Fremantle City, Western Australia, Australia
Death
25 Feb 1944 (aged 20)
Denklingen, Landkreis Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany
Burial
Gmund am Tegernsee, Landkreis Miesbach, Bavaria, Germany Add to Map
Plot
Coll. grave 5. J. 9-15.
Memorial ID
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Flight Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force 415595
Posting on Death: 467 Squadron
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster LL 756; Place - Germany; Date - 25 February 1944.
Their operational flight to target Augsburg originated from Waddington, Lincolnshire Military Base.
They crashed in a wood near Denklingen, on 25th February 1944, as the result of enemy action. Denklingen is situated approximately 10 miles north east of Kaufbeuren, Germany.
The crew members of Lancaster LL756 were:
EDGINTON, William Thomas Charles - (Flying Officer); Service Number - 422467
STUCHBURY H R H – (Pilot Officer); Service Number – 415488 AUS
WOOD J W – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – 410280 AUS
TURPIE E D – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – 415595 AUS
MCLEOD J – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – 415672 AUS
Remembrance
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Fremantle WA, also his name is located at panel 111 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial
Family
Son of David Low Turpie and Marion Nellie Turpie, of Fremantle, Western Australia.
Flight Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force 415595
Posting on Death: 467 Squadron
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster LL 756; Place - Germany; Date - 25 February 1944.
Their operational flight to target Augsburg originated from Waddington, Lincolnshire Military Base.
They crashed in a wood near Denklingen, on 25th February 1944, as the result of enemy action. Denklingen is situated approximately 10 miles north east of Kaufbeuren, Germany.
The crew members of Lancaster LL756 were:
EDGINTON, William Thomas Charles - (Flying Officer); Service Number - 422467
STUCHBURY H R H – (Pilot Officer); Service Number – 415488 AUS
WOOD J W – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – 410280 AUS
TURPIE E D – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – 415595 AUS
MCLEOD J – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – 415672 AUS
Remembrance
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Fremantle WA, also his name is located at panel 111 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial
Family
Son of David Low Turpie and Marion Nellie Turpie, of Fremantle, Western Australia.

Inscription

PEACE, PERFECT PEACE
WITH LOVED ONES FAR AWAY



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