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Cameron, R B (Warrant Officer II)

Survived 1945-January-05

Male Head

Birth Date: unkown date (age unknown)

Service
RCAF
Unit
419 (B) Sqn- Squadron
Moosa Aswayita Beware of Moose
Base
Middleton St George
Rank
Warrant Officer II
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
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/169031

Lancaster Mk.X KB722

Bombing Hanover Germany 1945-January-05 to 1945-January-05

419 (B) Sqn (RCAF) Middleton St. George

664 aircraft - 340 Halifaxes, 310 Lancasters, 14 Mosquitoes - of I, 4, 6 and 8 Groups. 23 Halifaxes and 8 Lancasters lost, 4·7 per cent of the force. This was the first large raid on Hannover since October 1943. Bombs fell all over the city and the local report, based on messages from 16 of the 18 police districts, shows that 493 buildings, containing 3,605 flats/apartments, .were destroyed and that approximately 250 people were killed. No further details are available

419 Moose Squadron (Moosa Aswayita) RAF Middleton St George. Lancaster BX aircraft KB 722 VR-A "Hecklin Hare II" while flying in formation with aircraft outbound for an operation to bomb targets in Hanover, Germany, was shot up by another Lancaster and lost two engines. After safely jettisoning the bomb-load, the pilot turned towards Brussels and an emergency landing field at Juvencourt, France, but this airfield was fogged in. Unable to attempt a cross-channel flight home, Pilot Officer Mallen on only his second operation, found a break in the fog and put the Lancaster down in a farmer's field at St Quentin, France. The landing was heavy but the crew all survived, some injured

Pilot Officer ND Mallen (RCAF) and Sergeant NR Poole (RCAF) survived, both with a sprained ankle, Flight Sergeant RS Dickson (RCAF) survived with cuts to face and leg and an injured shoulder, Flying Officer JAF Miller DFC (RCAF), Warrant Officer 2 RB Cameron (RCAF) and Sergeant C Drinka (RCAF) were uninjured and Sergeant PW Hall (RAFVR) survived with facial cuts

source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt

RAF and RCAF Aircraft Nose Art in World War II by Clarence Simonsen, page 111

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