Douglas Alexander CAMERON

CAMERON, Douglas Alexander

Service Number: 39455
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: No. 226 Squadron (RAF)
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , date not yet discovered
Home Town: Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Professional Air Force Office pre war
Died: AIrcraft lost during Blitzkrieg offensive, Diekirch, Luxembourg, 10 May 1940, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Diekirch Communal Cemetery
The only Commonwealth war grave in this cemetery, Diekirch Communal Cemetery, Diekirch
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Royal Air Force , Flying Officer, 39455, No. 226 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Detached to RAF on a short service commission. Killed in action during the Nazi Blitzkrieg campaign

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Gordon Douglas Cameron and Amelia Emily Jessie Cameron of Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

Husband of Jessie Taylor Cameron (nee Rennie) of Scotland

 

 

Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Douglas Alexander Cameron graduated as a pilot from Point Cook in 1937 and was transferred from the RAAF to the RAF on a short-term commission (RAF Service Number 39455)

 

KIA over France (Diekuch Aasf Area) while on operations with RAF 226 Squadron flying Fairey Battle light bombers as part of the Advanced Air Striking Force during the Battle of France

 

(NB: another Point Cook graduate in the RAF, FLTLT Blom 39453 of 150SQN, received a DFC for his actions during a Fairey Battle attack in Luxembourg early in May 1940)

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