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Military service
Service number:
P/10395
Age:
28
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Death:
August 18, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 186
Additional information
Son of Peter and Kate Thornton, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant David Thornton
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
David's mother thought he might be in this photo of POW's Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant David Thornton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant David Thornton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Thornton
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Thornton
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Thornton
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Thornton
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Thornton
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Thornton
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Thornton
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Thornton
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Thornton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 220 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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