Culshaw, Thurston (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-October-14

Flying Officer Thurston Culshaw RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-February-12

Born: Lougheed, Alberta

Parents: Ralph & Jessie Culshaw

Spouse:

Home: Sedgewick, Alberta (parents)

Enlistment: Edmonton, Alberta

Enlistment Date: 1942-July-24

Service

RCAF

Unit

626 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
To Strive And Not To Yield To strive and not to yeild

Base

RAF Wickenby

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/36932

Home
Google MapSedgewick, Alberta (parents)
Target
Google MapDuisburg Germany
Final Burial
Google MapReichswald Forest War Cemetery
grave 16 D 3

Took off from Wickenby at 06:34 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code UM-T2 Bomber Command) on a daylight operation to Duisburg Germany

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed in the forest near to Mt Sainte Odile and a few kilometers SSW of Klingenthal (Alsace), France.

Killed includes Culshaw: F/Lt Reginald Major Aldus RAF pilot KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, grave 16. D. 4. Flying Officer Ronald Ernest Blake RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Joint grave 16. C. 6. Sergeant Henry Jefferies RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, grave 16. D. 11. Sergeant Joseph Marks RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, grave 16. D. 7. Flying Officer John Mervyn MacMillan RCAF J/36883 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 16. C. 1. Sergeant Vernon Sheppard RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 16. D. 6.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)