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Dorward, David Taylor (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-June-03

Birth Date: 1919-October-16 (age 23)

Home: Killarney, Manitoba

Service
RCAF
Unit
10 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Base
RAF St Eval, Cornwall
Rank
Flying Officer
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
J/14637
Prev: R/134165
10 Operational Training Unit, St Eval, England. Whitley aircraft BD 414 failed to return from an Atlantic patrol. Pilot Officer H.D. Pepper, FS E.H. Neilson, and three of the crew, not Canadians, were also killed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Flying Officer David Taylor Dorward has no known grave.

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Whitley BD414

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