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Cameron, William Parmenas (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-October-20

Birth Date: 1923-April-28 (age 20)

Born: Winnipeg Manitoba

Henry William & May Cameron

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents)

Service
RCAF
Unit
625 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
We Avenge
Rank
Flying Officer
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
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/21453
Prev: R/124291

Took off from Kelstern at 17:47 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code CF-R Bomber Command) on an operation to Leipzig Germany.

Hit by flak over the Dutch coast and crashed in the Waddenzee some 3 km SE of Oosterend on Texel.

Killed includes Cameron: Pilot Officer Clifford Wallace McFarlane RCAF J/27316 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 176. Flying Officer Albert Veron Snook RCAF J/22065 KIA West-Terschelling Cemetery Terschelling Grave 110. Sergeant John Wilson Diggle RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 147. Sergeant John Henry Hawkins RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 152. Sergeant Frederick Allan Porter RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 162. Sergeant Leonard Wild RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 169.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com Finadagrave.com

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

Flying Officer William Parmenas Cameron has no known grave.

Home
Google MapWinnipeg, Manitoba (parents)
Target
Google MapLeipzig Germany

Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 173

Lancaster JA714

Avro Lancaster

Avro Lancaster Mk. X RCAF Serial FM 213
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The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same wartime era.

The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use". Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester (which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942), the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling. Wikipedia

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last update: 2021-09-18 14:32:33

Lancaster Mk.III JA714

;;CF-R Originally delivered to No. 7 Sqn, then to No, 156 Sqn, then to No. 625 Sqn (CF-R). Missing on operation to Leipzig 20 Oct 1943. 189 operational hours.

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