DAMBUSTERS Thrasher, John William

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Thrasher ​

• FORENAME

John William ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.C.A.F. ​

• RANK

Pilot Officer ​

• NUMBER

J/19337 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

20th December 1943 ​

• AGE

23 ​

• GRAVESITE

Gosselies Communal Cemetery,Belgium Row 2 Grave 16 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 30.7.1920 Amherstburg,Ontario,Canada​

son of Charles De Vere and Irene Agnes Thrasher,Amherstburg,Ontario,Canada​

enlisted RCAF 5.5.1941​

617 Squadron 26.3.1943 (Flight Sgt R/98266)​

Warrant Officer Second Class​

Pilot Officer​

air bomber​

Lancaster DV398​

Liege,Belgium (armaments works)​

hit by flak and broke up over Merbes-le-Chateau,Hainaut,Belgium​

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