Thomas Edmund Dubroy

According to his military records, he was healthy, rugged, tall, refined, and clean. He was also described as an organized individual who was very deliberate and accurate. In his interview he was considered of exceptionally good type and a very calm and considerate person. He was broad standing at 5'10 with brown hair and eyes with a scar on his left jaw. He was briefly an RCMP constable in 1938 before joining the SJ Willis School of Commerce pursuing law and becoming a clerk.

He was recommended to be a pilot, possibly because of his above average marks in training. Later on, he was promoted to Flight Sergeant. Between 1939-1945 249,000 men and women enlisted and operated 86 squadrons, 47 overseas. Within his first 3 years he flew in three different squadrons, being the #65, the #1 and the #25. He received his training at CFS flight school and flew the Harvard II in training, Mustang p-51 and later De Havilland DH 98 Mosquito for photographic & weather reconnaissance when serving. In the year before he died, he drifted between the 400 and 401 squadrons. He was presumed dead while serving the 401 squadron. On July 29th, 1944 Thomas Edmund Dubroy, along with flight officer F.W. Haynes went missing during flight operations over Germany; a few days later he was presumed dead. 

'If we do preserve it, we honour them, and when we in our turn pass on, we will know that behind us lives a generation of free men and of free women to be the keepers of this great heritage of ours - Canada.'

- Ian A. McPhee, former student at GCI, 1937.