Pilot Officer Thornton was one of two airmen who lost their lives in the crash of 8 SFTS's Harvard (#FH120) aircraft. They were flying in bad weather when the Harvard crashed 500 yards south-west of the Moncton aerodrome. RAF Leading Aircraftman Hector HYNDMAN also perished in this accident.
Military Service:-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Service Number: J/27200
Age: 19
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: Division: #8 SFTS (Service Flying Training School); RCAF Moncton, New Brunswick
A student, residing on Courcelette Road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 19 May 1942 in Toronto.
Son of Charles Wilfred and Margaret 'Elsie' (née Dyson) Thornton of Toronto [father born in England; mother born in Toronto].
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Pilot Officer John Lawton Thornton is commemorated on Page 220 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Pilot Officer Thornton was one of two airmen who lost their lives in the crash of 8 SFTS's Harvard (#FH120) aircraft. They were flying in bad weather when the Harvard crashed 500 yards south-west of the Moncton aerodrome. RAF Leading Aircraftman Hector HYNDMAN also perished in this accident.
Military Service:-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Service Number: J/27200
Age: 19
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: Division: #8 SFTS (Service Flying Training School); RCAF Moncton, New Brunswick
A student, residing on Courcelette Road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 19 May 1942 in Toronto.
Son of Charles Wilfred and Margaret 'Elsie' (née Dyson) Thornton of Toronto [father born in England; mother born in Toronto].
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Pilot Officer John Lawton Thornton is commemorated on Page 220 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
BLESSED ARETHE PURE
IN HEART, FOR THEY
SHALL SEE GOD.
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