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Military service
Service number:
J/14239
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
428 Sqdn.
Birth:
June 15, 1920
Death:
September 27, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 3. D. 7-10.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dawson Manners of Squamish, British Columbia. Flying Officer Manners graduated as an Air Navigator on 15 September 1942. He went overseas in October 1942.
The province of British Columbia honoured Flying Officer Manners by naming Manners Creek in his honour.
Flying Officer Dawon
Additional citations
39-45 Star, Defence Medal, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, Air Crew Europe Star.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Frank Thorburn Manners
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Photo of Frank T. Manners
Archives Canada -
Memorial
In the Memory of F.T. Manners -
Newspaper clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted of the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Flying Officer Frank Thorburn Manners is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flying Officer Frank Thorburn Manners is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Frank Thorburn Manners
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Frank Thorburn Manners
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Frank Thorburn Manners
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Frank Thorburn Manners
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Frank Thorburn Manners
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Frank Thorburn Manners
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Frank Thorburn Manners
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Frank Thorburn Manners
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 186 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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