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F/Sgt
Frederick Thorington - RAFVR |
| F/Sgt Frederick
Thorington was serving as Flight Engineer on board Lancaster MK.III
JB-703 coded GT-X
for an operation to Berlin on January 2/3, 1944. The aircraft
departed from Warboys at 0033hrs but was lost to enemy action,
one of ten
pathfinder aircraft to be lost that night. Frederick
Thorington and his crew are buried at the 1939-45 Berlin War
Cemetary.
The rest of the crew were:
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Name |
Service |
Age |
Hometown |
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S/L Ronald Stewart -DFC |
RAFVR |
23 |
Thorrington, Essex |
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F/S Raymond Hudson |
RAFVR |
20 |
Seaton Burn ,
Northumberland |
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F/L Mervyn Fletcher - DFC |
RAAF |
32 |
Munginidi, New South Wales |
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P/O Christopher Handley -
DFC |
RAFVR |
22 |
Lancashire |
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F/S Dennis Mills - DFM |
RAFVR |
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F/L Cyril Horner - DFC |
RAFVR |
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