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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Thorn_(RAF_officer)
Edward Rowland Thorn, DFC & Bar, DFM & Bar (15 April 1913 – 12 February 1946), also known as Roland Thorn, was a Royal Air Force pilot, squadron commander and a notable flying ace of the Second World War. He and his turret gunner shot down 12 enemy aircraft over the Dunkirk evacuation beaches and during the Battle of Britain. Thorn survived the war but was killed in a crash of an early jet fighter in 1946.
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Ted Thorn's Timeline
| 1913 |
April 15, 1913
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Newbury, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
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| 1946 |
February 12, 1946
Age 32
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
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Bishop's Waltham (St. Peter) Churchyard, Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
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