George Henry Thornton
Sergeant · 1618730 · United Kingdom
- Died
- 31 March 1944, aged 22
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom
Operations on this date. One raid in this archive was flown on the night of 31 March 1944: Operation Nuremberg raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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30 March 1944
Flew Operation Nuremberg raid
Rear gunner, LL738 JI-D — Crashed outbound -
31 March 1944
Died
aged 22
Crew & operations
Flew as Rear gunner with No. 514 Squadron.
- Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft LL738 JI-D (Avro Lancaster) — Crashed outbound
Crew: A D Hall (Bomb aimer) · Harry West (Flight engineer) · Leslie James Henry Whitbread (Mid-upper gunner) · Llewellyn Selwyn Smith (Navigator) · Garth Stewart Hughes (Pilot) · C J Goddard (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: THORNTON, GEORGE HENRY → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission