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William Charles Thurlow
- 1942-
Name William Charles Thurlow Gender Male Education Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario 
Military WW2 Eby ID Number Waterloo-158996P Died Jul 1942 , France Person ID I158996 Generations Last Modified 6 Apr 2024
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Notes - After completing his first year at Waterloo College, William Charles Thurlow spent his summer break of 1939 in Banff, Alberta, where he worked as a golf caddie at the Banff Springs Hotel. Hoping to train as a commercial pilot after obtaining his BA, Thurlow instead joined the RCAF upon returning to Ontario, and was soon sent overseas. He had completed 27 missions by July 1942, only three short of becoming eligible for furlough in Canada, when his plane was shot down over France and he was killed. Thurlow had previously written his parents and told them that "I have a job to do that is moreimportant than anything else. If anything happens I will go down fighting."
The Cord Weekly 9 Nov 2005
- After completing his first year at Waterloo College, William Charles Thurlow spent his summer break of 1939 in Banff, Alberta, where he worked as a golf caddie at the Banff Springs Hotel. Hoping to train as a commercial pilot after obtaining his BA, Thurlow instead joined the RCAF upon returning to Ontario, and was soon sent overseas. He had completed 27 missions by July 1942, only three short of becoming eligible for furlough in Canada, when his plane was shot down over France and he was killed. Thurlow had previously written his parents and told them that "I have a job to do that is moreimportant than anything else. If anything happens I will go down fighting."
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Education - - Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario 
Died - Jul 1942 - , France = Link to Google Earth
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