Cosway, W. A.

W.A. (Bill) Cosway went to work for the telephone company in Toronto in October 1940 at age 16, volunteered for service with the RCAF on his 18th birthday in April 1942 and trained as a navigator destined for service against the Japanese in South East Asia. In a brand new B24 Liberator he flew his crew from Montreal to India and stationed in Bengal they completed 38 missions throughout Burma, Siam Malaysia and French Indo-China while serving with 355 and 159 (Pathfinder) Royal Air Force (RAF) Squadrons.

Returning unharmed in 1946, over the next five years he completed his high school educa...