Camsell, Philip Stewart (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-October-02

Flight Sergeant Philip Stewart Camsell RCAF

Birth Date: 1914

Born:

Parents: Son of Philip Scott Camsell and Mabel Eleanor Camsell; husband of Gladys Camsell, of East Kildonan, Manitoba.

Spouse: Husband of Gladys Camsell, of East Kildonan, Manitoba.

Home: East Kildonan, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

61 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Purum Tonantes Thundering through the clear air

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

R/134429

Home
Google MapEast Kildonan, Manitoba
Final Burial
Google MapDurnbach War Cemetery
Plot 9 Row A Coll Grave 21-23

Took off from Syerston at 18:32 in Lancaster (Sqn code QE-P Bomber Command) on an operation to Munich Germany.

Homebound and while still South of Munich the aircraft came under sustained attack by a night-fighter and was shot down.

Killed includes Camsell: Sergeant Ernest George William Bartlett RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 5. K. 21. F/Lt Cyril Herbert Cleveland RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 9. A. 20. Sergeant Frank Ellick RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 9. A. 21-23. F/Lt Gordon Hamilton RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 9. A. 19. Sergeant Nathaniel John Edward Wheeler RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 9. A. 21-23.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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