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Ernest Thorp: B-17 Pilot | Prairie Flyers of Central Illinois

(Originally filmed July 22nd, 2025) Join us for Nelson Thorp's presentation on the life, military service, and aviation career of his father Ernest Thorp, as part of a series endorsing the recently-released biography Prairie Flyers of Central Illinois: A Century of Aviation in America's Heartland, hosted by co-authors Edith Brady-Lunny and Denis Hambucken. Captain Ernest N. Thorp (1921-2017) was a DeWitt County resident and World War II veteran who served as a B-17 pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1945. During his time in the service, he spent nine months as a POW after his plane was shot down over the North Sea. In the decades following the war, he continued to fly as a member of the International Flying Farmers until his last flight in 2010. Information provided by Captain Thorp's obituary: https://obits.dewittdailynews.com/obi... Captain Thorp's story is one of many to be discussed in Prairie Flyers of Central Illinois, a new biography by Edith Brady-Lunny, Denis Hambucken, and the late John Warner, which tells the tales of numerous Flying Farmers aviators in the Midwest. For more information, visit: https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/pro...