Cameron, Ivan McLeod
Personal Information
Rank | W/C |
Forename(s) | Ivan McLeod |
Surname | Cameron |
Gender | M |
Age | 31 |
Date of Death | 28-09-1939 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alexander and Isabel Louise Cameron, of Bealiba, Victoria, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Bristol Blenheim IV |
Serial Number | N6212 |
Markings | VE- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 26. E. 6. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 140 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 24225 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 110 (Hyderabad) |
Squadron Motto | Nex timeo nec sperno (I neither fear nor despise) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Northern Perimeter of Airfield, Wattisham, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with Inscribed Stone Tablets |
Memorial Text | This memorial is dedicated to RAF Wattisham, AAF Station 377 and AAF Station 470 from 1939 - 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
He was the first RAAF serviceman casualty in Bomber Command and the first squadron commander killed in action |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-09-1939 |
End Date | 28-09-1939 |
Takeoff Station | Wattisham |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Reconnoitre Munster area |
Reason for Loss | Shot down near Osnabruck by a fighter |