Stanley George THORNTON

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THORNTON, Stanley George

Service Number:	41497
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	Royal Air Force - unspecified units
Born:	Not yet discovered
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed In Action, Maastricht, Belgium, 12 May 1940, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Heverlee War Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium Coll Grave 8 J 1-3
Memorials:	International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

Date unknown:	Involvement Royal Air Force , Pilot Officer, 41497, Royal Air Force - unspecified units

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Leslie Griffiths Thornton and Winifred Grace Thornton, of North Sydney, New South Wales

Served in the Royal Air Force aboart Briston Blenheim IV L8733 OM-

Hit by flak close to target area

HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE

Parents' Hopes For Airman Son
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Thornton, parents of Pilot-Officer Stanley G. Thornton, 25, who was reported missing on May 12 believe that he may be a prisoner of war in Germany. Pilot-Officer Thornton belonged to the same squadron as Flying-Officer W. Edwards, of Leichhardt, who was posted as missing the same day, and is known to be a prisoner of war in Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Thornton, who live in Fredben Avenue. North Sydney, said yesterday that Flying-Officers Edwards and their son often flew together. Pilot-Officer Thornton has been on active service since the outbreak of the war. He left Sydney in August, 1938, and was posted to a squadron on the east coast of England.

THORNTON.—May 12, 1940, presumed to have lost his life in air operations over Maastricht, Belgium, Pilot-officer Stanley George Thornton, dearly loved son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Thornton, and brother of Norman (deceased), Geoffrey (R.A.A.F.), and Bryan (R.A.A.F.), also a tribute to his gallant crew.

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