Camp, Sydney Clarence (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-January-15

Flight Sergeant Sydney Clarence Camp RCAF

Birth Date: 1919-February-14

Born: Collingwood Ontario

Parents: Sydney & Clara Adelaide Camp

Spouse:

Home: Collingwood, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

51 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Swift And Sure

Base

RAF Dishforth

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Observer

Service Numbers

R/71752

Home
Google MapCollingwood, Ontario (parents)
Target
Google MapEmden Germany
Final Burial
Google MapProtestant Churchyard
Row 5 Grave 23

Took off from Dishforth at 17:58 in Whitley Mk V (Sqn code MH-R Bomber Command) on an operation to Emden, Germany.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed near Rottevalle, Friesland Holland.

Killed includes Camp: Sergeant Eric John Richards RAF KIA (1162205) Pilot Whitley V Z9424 IBCC [RAF] 1942-01-15 51 Sqn AIR27 Netherlands Rottevalle Smallingerland Protestant Cemetery Row 5. Grave 24. Sergeant Reginald James White RAF KIA (624058) Air Gunner Whitley V Z9424 IBCC [RAF] 1942-01-15 51 Sqn AIR27 Netherlands Rottevalle Smallingerland Protestant Cemetery Row 5. Grave 25.

POWs: Sergeant Gerard Sinclair Booth RAF 1105939 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant William Douglas Muirhead RAF 988131 POW Stalag 383 Hohen Fels. Sergeant Henry Conway Needham RAF1193496 POW Stalag 383 Hohen Fels.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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