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249127 Sgt. George Henry Thornton Royal Air Force 514 Squadron from:50 Hamilton Street, London (d.31st March 1944) George Thornton's aircraft was intercepted and shot down above Nuremberg on the ill-faited raid of 30th/31st March 1944. He was the rear gunner on Lancaster II LL738 JI-D, and was in the crew of pilot Garth Hughes. The bomb aimer, Hall supposedly survived the crash and was taken prisoner, the rest of the crew were killed. P/O G S Hughes RAAF (Pilot) W/O A D Hall RNZAF (Bomb Aimer) F/S L S Smith RNZAF (Navigator) W/O C J Goddard RAAF (WOP/Air) Sgt G H Thornton (Rear Gunner) F/S L J H Whitbread (MU Gunner) Sgt H West (Flight Engineer) Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.