Cameron, Bruce Clarke
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Bruce Clarke |
Surname | Cameron |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Date of Death | 02-01-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Angus Charles and Caroline Jaynes Cameron, of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Stepson of Elizabeth K. Cameron, of Oshawa. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB737 |
Markings | LQ-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | St. Pol War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row G. Grave 6. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 140 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/65760 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Squadron Motto | Duicmus (We lead) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1789/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1789/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-01-1944 |
End Date | 02-01-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Gransden Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (41% moon) |
Operation | Berlin. 421 Lancasters, 28 losses (6.7%). German fighters were directed to the main bomber stream early in the approach and the German controller was not deceived by the Mosquito diversion on Hamburg. However, the night-fighters were not particularly effective over the target and the flak was also restricted in height due to their presence. Berlin was cloud covered once again and the sky-marking was not especially accurate. Bombing was scattered but mainly in the southern suburbs. Only 21 houses and one industrial building were destroyed and 79 people killed. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near St Pol-sur-Ternoise, France |