Thornber, Ernest Garfield (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-May-03

Flying Officer Ernest Garfield Thornber RCAF

Birth Date: 1916

Born:

Parents: Son of Ernest James Thornber and Laura Maude Thornber, of St. Vital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

487 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RNZAF)
Ki Te Mutunga Through to the end

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/13792

Home
Google MapWinnipeg, Manitoba
Target
Google MapAmsterdam Netherlands
Final Burial
Google MapNew Eastern Cemetery
Plot 69 Row C Coll grave 9

Crew or Other Personnel

Ventura AE780

Flying Officer Stuart McGowan RNZAF

Flying Officer McGowan, Stuart (RNZAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-May-03
Commonwealth War Graves Ereveld Geallieerden WW2

Sergeant Cyril Richard Smith RNZAF

Sergeant Smith, Cyril Richard (RNZAF)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-May-03
Commonwealth War Graves Ereveld Geallieerden WW2

Flying Officer Ernest Garfield Thornber RCAF

Flying Officer Thornber, Ernest Garfield (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-May-03
Commonwealth War Graves Ereveld Geallieerden WW2

Sergeant Ivan Francis Urlich RNZAF

Sergeant Urlich, Ivan Francis (RNZAF)
Air Gunner
Evader
1943-May-03
cemetery unknown

Mission

Ventura Mk. I AE780

Combat Amsterdam Netherlands 1943-May-03 to 1943-May-03

487 (B) Sqn (RNZAF) Methwold
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga). Ventura aircraft AE 780 was shot down 1750 in the northwest suburbs of Amsterdam. Three of the crew, not Canadians, were missing & believed killed.