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Military service
Service number:
J/20648
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
439 Squadron
Birth:
April 18, 1923
St. Johnsbury
Enlistment:
October 29, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 8, 1944
Beny-Sur-Mer, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. E. 12.
Additional information
Son of Ronald Francis and Olive Ann (nee MacDonald) Thomas, of Oakville, Ontario.
Additional citations
193-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, France and Germany Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Frank Macdonald Thomas
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Memorial Plaque
Plaque erected at Le Manoir, Calvados region, on outside of church wall. Erected by Association pour le Souvenir des Ailes de la Victoire de Normandie (ASAVN) and TECT (Typhoon Entente Cordiale Trust - www.tect.org.uk -
Photo of Frank Thomas
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Grave Marker
A photograph (2010) of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Entrance
Entrance - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Frank MacDonald Thomas
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Details of the crash, LAC, Ottawa.
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Attestation paper
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Grave marker
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Service Book
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Attestation paper
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Document
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Telegram
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Photo of FRANK MACDONALD THOMAS
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Frank Macdonald Thomas
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Frank Macdonald Thomas
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 460 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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