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Military service
Service number:
J/19337
Age:
23
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
617 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
December 20, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row 2. Grave 16.
Additional information
Son of Charles De Vere Thrasher and Irene Agnes Thrasher, of Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer John William Thrasher
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Squadron Badge
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Grave marker
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Group Photo
John Thrasher is the sixth man back row. These are the surviving Canadian members of the Dambuster Raid of May 17, 1943 (617 squadron). -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
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
Pilot Officer John William Thrasher is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer John William Thrasher is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the St Catharines Standard c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John William Thrasher
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John William Thrasher
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John William Thrasher
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John William Thrasher
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John William Thrasher
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John William Thrasher
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John William Thrasher
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John William Thrasher
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John William Thrasher
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 220 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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