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Military service
Service number:
R/119305
Age:
20
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
77 Sqdn.
Death:
July 13, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 179.
Additional information
Son of Joseph Henry and Elizabeth Warren Dufton, of Leaside, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Donald William Dufton
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Photo of DONALD WILLIAM DUFTON
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Photo of Donald William Dufton
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Newspaper clipping
On the 70th anniversary of the crash of the Halifax bomber that claimed the lives of Donald Dufton's crew, the town of Verneuil-sur-Avre in France named a roundabout after him. The front page of the local paper in Verneuil-sur-Avre. -
Memorial Plaque
Joseph and James Dufton, Donald Dufton's brothers unveiling the roundabout plaque honouring him. -
Memorial
The plaque for Donald Dufton that Verneuil-sur-Avre erected in 2010 where the crew are buried in the town cemetery. -
Newspaper clipping
La Depeche newspaper article covering Donald Dufton's story and the unveiling of the roundabout plaque on August 13, 2013. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of DONALD WILLIAM DUFTON
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Badge
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Roll of Honour
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Book of Remembrance
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II Donald William Dufton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Warrant Officer Class II Donald William Dufton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Donald William Dufton
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Donald William Dufton
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Donald William Dufton
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Donald William Dufton
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Donald William Dufton
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Donald William Dufton
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Donald William Dufton
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Donald William Dufton
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Donald William Dufton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 155 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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