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Lieu de l’enterrement/commemoration
Fils de William et Mildred Cameron de Toronto, Ontario.
Galerie numérique de Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
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Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
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German engineers removing the engine of the Stirling. Notice how close it came to the house in the background.
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
#4
This engine almost buried itself in the ground.
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
This article is from the Toronto Sun.
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
Picture #1
German pictures taken of the Carmeron aircraft (LJ526)that blew up in the air. Only the engines were intact.
Source of pictures is Mr. Finn Buch of Denmark
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
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The aircraft was a Stirling. This is the picture showing the wreckage scattered just outside of the village in Denmark where is was shot down by a night fighter.
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
SJ89959 Pilot Officer Roderick H. Cameron
born 01-08-24
Former student of Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute (Toronto)
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
Crash Report from the Dutch organization Bomber Command Search (Christel & Ger Boogmans).
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
Crash Report from the Dutch organization Bomber Command Search (Christel & Ger Boogmans).
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
P/O Cameron/s high school registration card, in his own hand. Note that he left school to join the army but ended up in the RCAF. Notes on the bottom are school staff.
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
P/O Roderich Hugh Cameron's Grave in Denmark
Photo by permission of Mr.Finn Buch
Denmark
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Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
Rear: Cameron, Redfearn, Walker, Stean
Front: Hughes, Freeman, Downing
Downing was not on this trip
Photo by permission of Mr.Finn Buch
Denmark
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
On 24/4 at 09:00 it was reported from the Civil Air Defence in Svendborg thet five bodies had be found as well as a mine. The next day it was reported the the Wehrmacht had defused and removed a total of five mines. On 8/5 it was reported that the body of yet a flyer had been found during excavation of the wreck.
The Wehrmacht buried the bodies on the grounds of the Dragonkaserne barracks in Svendborg.
After the war their remains were disinterred as well as those of two flyers who had crashed in the sea off Vornæs on 15/2 1944 and a Danish resistance fighter.
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
Photo from Archives Canada of Rod Cameron with his Air Gunners Badge.
Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
Cameron's initial RCAF photo taken when he signed up and was shipped to basic training.
Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
The Freeman crew outside of their quarters.
Cameron is in the rear in the centre.
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
The telegram that his parents dreaded came in late April 1944.
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
This telegram confirmed Rod's death through the German Red Cross.
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
The Graves Concentration Unit exhumed the crews bodies and found a ring on one of them. They wrote all of the crew's families asking for a description of any personal jewelery. This was the acknowlegment letter to the Cameron's.
It was Rod's ring.
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
This letter informs the Cameron family that their son's body could not be positively identified and he was laid in a join grave with the rest of his crew.
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
From the Toronto Star March 5, 1945, page 26
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Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
Pilot Officer Roderick Hugh Cameron is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
Pilot Officer Roderick Hugh Cameron is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
From the Toronto Star September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Galerie numérique de
Sous-lieutenant d'aviation Roderick Hugh Cameron
From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Galerie d'images
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#3 German engineers removing the engine of the Stirling. Notice how close it came to the house in the background.
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#4 This engine almost buried itself in the ground.
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This article is from the Toronto Sun.
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Picture #1 German pictures taken of the Carmeron aircraft (LJ526)that blew up in the air. Only the engines were intact. Source of pictures is Mr. Finn Buch of Denmark
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#2 The aircraft was a Stirling. This is the picture showing the wreckage scattered just outside of the village in Denmark where is was shot down by a night fighter.
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SJ89959 Pilot Officer Roderick H. Cameron born 01-08-24 Former student of Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute (Toronto)
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Crash Report from the Dutch organization Bomber Command Search (Christel & Ger Boogmans).
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Crash Report from the Dutch organization Bomber Command Search (Christel & Ger Boogmans).
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P/O Cameron/s high school registration card, in his own hand. Note that he left school to join the army but ended up in the RCAF. Notes on the bottom are school staff.
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P/O Roderich Hugh Cameron's Grave in Denmark Photo by permission of Mr.Finn Buch Denmark
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Rear: Cameron, Redfearn, Walker, Stean Front: Hughes, Freeman, Downing Downing was not on this trip Photo by permission of Mr.Finn Buch Denmark
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On 24/4 at 09:00 it was reported from the Civil Air Defence in Svendborg thet five bodies had be found as well as a mine. The next day it was reported the the Wehrmacht had defused and removed a total of five mines. On 8/5 it was reported that the body of yet a flyer had been found during excavation of the wreck. The Wehrmacht buried the bodies on the grounds of the Dragonkaserne barracks in Svendborg. After the war their remains were disinterred as well as those of two flyers who had crashed in the sea off Vornæs on 15/2 1944 and a Danish resistance fighter.
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Photo from Archives Canada of Rod Cameron with his Air Gunners Badge. Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada
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Cameron's initial RCAF photo taken when he signed up and was shipped to basic training. Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada
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The Freeman crew outside of their quarters. Cameron is in the rear in the centre.
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The telegram that his parents dreaded came in late April 1944. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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This telegram confirmed Rod's death through the German Red Cross. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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The Graves Concentration Unit exhumed the crews bodies and found a ring on one of them. They wrote all of the crew's families asking for a description of any personal jewelery. This was the acknowlegment letter to the Cameron's. It was Rod's ring. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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This letter informs the Cameron family that their son's body could not be positively identified and he was laid in a join grave with the rest of his crew. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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From the Toronto Star March 5, 1945, page 26
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Roderick Hugh Cameron is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Roderick Hugh Cameron is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Toronto Star September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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