Camire, Joseph Edward Philippe Edmond (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-December-25

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Birth Date: 1923

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Home: St David, Quebec

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

119 (MP) Sqn- Squadron
Noli Me Tangere Touch Me Not

Base

RCAF Station Sydney, Nova Scotia

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/55902

Final Burial
Google MapHoly Cross Cemetery
Sec O Row 1 Grave 24

1942-12-25: Both engines failed shortly after takeoff and the aircraft crashed, The entire 5-man crew was killed: Warrant Officer Class 2 William Benjamin Edward Bailey RCAF R/87985 KIA Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, BC Sec. D. Plot 21. Grave 19. Sergeant Joseph Edouard Philippe Edmond Camire RCAF R/55902 KIA Holy Cross Cemetery Sydney Nova Scotia Sec. O. Row 1. Grave 24. Warrant Officer Class 2 Lorne Hugh Green RCAF R/80800 pilot KIA Foot's Bay United Church Cemetery Mactier Ontario Row 8. Flight Sergeant Robert MacGranachan RCAF R/106191 KIA Foxwarren Cemetery, Foxwarren, Manitoba Lot 34. Range 2.


Accident Card - Lockheed Hudson Mk. III serial:BW695

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-December-25. Hudson III s/n BW695.

This accident involved 4 people. Bailey WBE, Camire JEPE, Green LH, Macgranachan R

This accident had 4 fatalities. Warrant Officer 2 William Benjamin Edward Bailey RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/87985 Hudson BW695, Warrant Officer 2 Lorne Hugh Green RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/80800 Hudson BW695, Flight Sergeant Robert MacGranachan RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/106191 Hudson BW695, Sergeant Joseph Edward Philippe Edmond Camire RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/55902 Hudson BW695