We are trying to find relatives of the above who was a WW2 Royal Canadian Air force Air Gunner serving with the RAF out of Wickenby with 626 Squadron. He was killed on 25.04.44 with the rest of his crew in England.
He is mentioned in the City of Hall Book of Remembrance
Virtual War Memorial:
HISTORY SUMMARY
Warrant Officer Class I
ROBERT EDGAR HALL CAMERON
who died on April 25, 1944.
Service Number: R116874
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit: 626 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
He was born, August 6th 1923, the son of Edgar Wilson Hall and Margaret Amanda (Emma) Hall of 53 Albion Street, London, Ontario, Canada; and the step-son of Alexander Nelson Cameron of London, Ontario, Canada.
Warrant Officer Class 1 Air Gunner Cameron was killed in action, age 20, in Lancaster III aircraft # DV 177 UM-K2 of # 626 Squadron during air operations over Karlsruhe, Germany on April 25th 1944. The Lancaster left Wickenby at 2152, and while homebound was shot down by an enemy night fighter aircraft and crashed 0410 at USAAF Station, Boxted, Essex, England.
Recorded on Pages 99 and 512 of the BCATP Museum book " They Shall Grow Not Old ".
Commemorated on Page 266 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Commemorated on Page 112 of Book 1 of London's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
United Kingdom Surrey BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Grave 48. I. 7.
Also we have found records on the 'Veterans Affairs Canada' which we've been making enquires about without success:
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/photos/2762101There is one document that shows his mothers address as 641 Richmond Street London Ontario which is now I beleive a Chinese restaurant.
Also the Veterans Affairs Canada Virtual War Memorial:
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2762101Someone has generated the information below which we're trying to look at but if anyone feels like they can help then please get in touch:
1922 10-12-1922 Oct 12 or Dec 10.
Margaret Amenda Thomson, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Art J. Thomson of 318 Hampton Avenue,
Montreal PQ,
married
Edgar Wilson Hall, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Benson Hall, of Maisonneuve, PQ. At Montreal PQ.
-He was born, August 6th 1923, the son of Edgar Wilson Hall and Margaret Amanda (Emma) Hall of 53 Albion Street, London.
We have had various letters published in the press and had some very good respondants with whose help we managed to trace family of two others in this crew of seven. (There were four British and three Canadian Airmen on this Lancaster). But we can't seem to find anyone for Robert Cameron.
Next year we will be placing a small memorial near the crash site to honour the seven men who died and ideally we'd like to trace relatives of all the crew.
Thanks for reading.
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