The story
Name: C R THURSTON
Rank: Acting Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RCNVR
Squadron: 1840 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Indomitable
Date of death: 1945-04-13
Aircraft: Hellcat JX 814, coded '73280'
Place of death: At sea, Far East
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: HALIFAX MEMORIAL, Nova Scotia
Commemoration details: Panel 13
Family details: Son of Jason Everard Thurston and Ida Maude Thurston, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Rank: Acting Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RCNVR
Squadron: 1840 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Indomitable
Date of death: 1945-04-13
Aircraft: Hellcat JX 814, coded '73280'
Place of death: At sea, Far East
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: HALIFAX MEMORIAL, Nova Scotia
Commemoration details: Panel 13
Family details: Son of Jason Everard Thurston and Ida Maude Thurston, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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