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MOUNT BATTEN, ENGLAND. LAC BASIL THORNTON HOLDING A 7.7MM MACHINE GUN HE HAD RECOVERED FROM A CRASHED GERMAN HEINKEL AIRCRAFT. (DONATED BY MR B. THORNTON.)
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT
MOUNT BATTEN, ENGLAND. 1942-07-15. LAC BASIL THORNTON BESIDE AN UNEXPLODED GERMAN BOMB WHICH HE HELPED RECOVER FROM UNDER THE SERGEANT'S MESS. (DONATED BY MR B. THORNTON).
MOUNT BATTEN, ENGLAND. TWO MEMBERS OF NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF, LAC ALLEN PETHERWICK (LEFT) AND LAC BASIL THORNTON, ON THE WING OF A SUNDERLAND. (DONATED BY MR B. THORNTON.)
INTERIOR VIEW OF A 10 SQUADRON RAAF SUNDERLAND SHOWING AIR GUNNERS AT THEIR STATIONS AND MEMBERS OF THE CREW RESTING IN THEIR QUARTERS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL: TOP L/R LAC BASIL THORNTON, LOWER R/H LAC
Leading Aircraftman Basil Thornton, a fitter armourer, acting as side gunner in a Sunderland aircraft of No. 10 Squadron RAAF based at RAF Station Mount Batten.
CANBERRA, ACT, RAAF BASE, 1939-10. A STINSON RELIANT AIRCRAFT. (DONATED BY MR B. THORNTON)
A LEWIS MACHINE GUN ON AN IMPROVISED MOUNT FOR ANTI-AIRCRAFT ACTION, AT HILL 70, IN 1916-06. (DONATED BY MR. F.H. SMITH.)
