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Pilot Officer JOHN RILEY THORNTON

Service Number: 112299
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

15 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1942

Buried or commemorated at

AMERSFOORT (OUD LEUSDEN) GENERAL CEMETERY

Plot 13. Row 4. Grave 60.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
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Buried or commemorated at

AMERSFOORT (OUD LEUSDEN) GENERAL CEMETERY
Utrecht Netherlands
Number of casualties: 232
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