LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Stanley George THORNTON
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 41497 (RAF)
Born: Date, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 107 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Wattisham, Suffolk
Died: Air Operations: (No. 107 Squadron Blenheim IV aircraft L8733), Belgium, 12 May 1940, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Heverlee War Cemetery, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Leslie Griffiths Thornton and Winifred Grace Thornton, of North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
On 12 May 1940, Blenheim L8733 took off from Wattisham to attack Maastricht and was shot down over Belgium, killing all three crew members.
The crew members of L8733 were:
Aircraftman Class II John Richard Mayor DFM (643912) (RAF) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Kenneth Mellership (580586) (RAF) (Observer)
Flying Officer Stanley George Thornton (41497) (RAF) (Pilot)
References:
Chorley W R Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 1 Aircraft and Aircrew Losses 1939-1940, Midland Counties Publications Leicester UK, 1992
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 32/4/5