Cameron, Angus (Pilot Officer)

63 Squadron (Ponenos Ad Hostem) RAF Benson, Anson I aircraft N 5073 on a navigation training flight off Cornwall. It was to fly to Bude and then continue over the sea for 50 miles before returning to base via Trevose Head. It never reached Bude and was lost without a trace over the Celtic Sea. Weather conditions were poor, the radio had failed and the most likely theory is that the compass was 180 degrees out or mis-read. The aircraft would have been unable to make a sun sight and presumably ran out of fuel before ditching. Search operations did not find any trace of the aircraft or its crew of five: Pilot Officer Angus Cameron RAF(Canadian) AC2 JC Buckland RAF Pilot Officer C R Coventry RAF (Australian) Sergeant AG Gibson RAF AC2 H O W Gormlay RAF were missing, presumed killed. They have no known graves and are commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial.