Robert THURLOW

THURLOW, Robert

Service Number: 426784
Enlisted: 20 July 1942
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 15 February 1923
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Battle, Bulgaria (target: Ploesti, Romania), 10 August 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Sofia War Cemetery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Collective grave 2. B. 1-3
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane State High School Honour Board
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 426784
20 Jul 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 426784

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Pilot Officer Charles Gifford Hill 418123 RAAF - Captain (Pilot) and Flight Sergeant Robert Thurlow 426784 RAAF (Air Bomber) were killed in the loss of Wellington LP189 of 142SQN RAF - target was the American Oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania

Other crew: RAF Flight Sergeant P A Shepherd (Navigator) / RAF Flight Sergeant W Grisdale (Wireless Operator Air) / RCAF Pilot Officer G R Pond (Air Gunner)