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Military service
Service number:
J/7468
Age:
25
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
414 Squadron
Birth:
April 1, 1918
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 18, 1940
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 173.
Additional information
Son of Thomas Arthur and Mary M. Doherty, of Toronto, Ontario.
Flying Officer Doherty alerted Flying Officer Rowan T. Hutchinson, both whom were assigned to escort a naval vessel on a secret mission in the English Channel on 6 June 1943, when he spotted a trio of Folke-Wulf 1900's just as they launched surprise attack. His brief radio warning alerted Flying Officer Hutchinson to the danger, although Flying Officer Doherty's Mustang was immediately shot down.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Lawrence Aloysius Doherty
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Group Photo
F/O Larry Doherty with F/O Bill Blakeny and F/O Rowan Hutchinson -
Newspaper Clipping
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St. Michael’s College Memorial Intro
Inscriptions in the stone walls of the slype between More and Fisher Houses on the University of Toronto campus commemorate the men of St. Michael’s College (University of Toronto) and St. Michael’s College School (a private Catholic high school) who died in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean conflict. -
Detail of St. Michael’s College Memorial
Showing some of the Second World War names including that of Lawrence A. Doherty. -
St. Michael’s College Memorial
The memorial slype between More and Fisher Houses on the University of Toronto campus commemorates the men of St. Michael’s College (University of Toronto) and St. Michael’s College School (a private Catholic high school) who died in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean conflict. -
Memorial Arch
The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers’ Tower in 1949. The name of "F/O L.A. Doherty R.C.A.F.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Book
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 18 reads: F/O Lawrence A. DOHERTY, 411 Sqn RCAF. Former student in St. Michael’s College, 1936. Killed in an air operation over the Bay of Biscay, 6 May 1943. Name inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial, Cooper’s Hill, Egham, Woking, Surrey, England. -
Memorial Room
Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Lawrence Aloysius Doherty
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Lawrence Aloysius Doherty
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Lawrence Aloysius Doherty
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Lawrence Aloysius Doherty
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Lawrence Aloysius Doherty
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Lawrence Aloysius Doherty
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Lawrence Aloysius Doherty
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Lawrence Aloysius Doherty
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Lawrence Aloysius Doherty
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 154 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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