Trippe Temple Dawson

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Temple Dawson Trippe is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

Temple Dawson Trippe Cenotaph

Canada's Bomber Command Memorial Panels

Name:

Temple Dawson Trippe

Rank:

Flying Officer

Serial Number:

J/16827

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Date of Death:

1943-09-28

State:

Maryland

Cemetery:

Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England

Plot:

Panel 175

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

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Temple Dawson Trippe was born on March 3, 1918, in East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey. He was the son of Richard Hayward Trippe and Florence Dawson Trippe, of Baltimore, Maryland.

Temple served in the 405 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Flying Officer during World War II. He was declared Missing in Action on September 28, 1943, when his Lancaster III JB120, which took off at 19h45 from RAF Gransden Lodge, was lost without a trace. His body was never found. His name is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, in England, and he has a cenotaph in the Druid Ridge Cemetery, Maryland.