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Cameron, Bruce Clarke (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1944-January-01

Birth Date: 1919 (age 25)

Angus Charles & Caroline Jaynes Cameron

Home: Oshawa, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment Date: 1940-06-01

Service
RCAF
Unit
405 (PFF) Sqn- Squadron
Ducimus We Lead
Base
RAF Gransden Lodge
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Air Gunner (Rear)
Service Numbers
R/65760

Lancaster Mk.III JB737

Bombing Berlin Germany 1944-January-01 to 1944-January-02

405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden Lodge

Battle of Berlin

405 Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus) Pathfinder Force, RAF Gransden Lodge. Lancaster BIII aircraft JB 737 LQ-R was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Meister of the 1/NJG 4, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 3C+SJ from Florennes airfield in Belgium while returning from an operation against targets in Berlin, Germany. The Lancaster crashed near Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of five crew members

Flying Officer A P Campbell (RCAF), Flight Sergeant B C Cameron (RCAF), Pilot Officer J B Dunne (RCAF)Pilot Officer T D Gavin (RCAF) and Sergeant J Redhead (RAFVR) were all killed in action

Pilot Officer D N Thompson (RCAF) and Sergeant D J Leslie (RAFVR) both survived to become Prisoners of War

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

Home
Google MapOshawa, Ontario (parents)
Target
Google MapBerlin Germany
Burial
Google MapSt Pol British Cemetery
Row G Grave 6

Lancaster JB737

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