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Military service
Service number:
J/87162
Age:
21
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
207 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
March 31, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 5. B. 6-16.
Additional information
Son of Ralston and Mildred Thorpe, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Gordon Ralston Thorpe
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Gordon Ralston Thorpe is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Pilot Officer Gordon Ralston Thorpe is 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 -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of GORDON RALSTON THORPE
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Gordon Ralston Thorpe
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Gordon Ralston Thorpe
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Gordon Ralston Thorpe
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Gordon Ralston Thorpe
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Gordon Ralston Thorpe
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Gordon Ralston Thorpe
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Gordon Ralston Thorpe
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Gordon Ralston Thorpe
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 462 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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