Cameron, Robert Allen

Individual Personnel Data
Name Cameron, Robert Allen   ‡
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Rank Corporal / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number 17090209   ‡
Unit Assignments Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 24 July 1944, effective 24 July 1944.
Duty Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
MOS611 - Aerial Gunner
Last Duty Date 25 September 1944
Results Prisoner Of War
POW Camp: Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 16 September 1922
  • Promoted to Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #161 dated 12 August 1944.
  • Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #177 dated 5 September 1944.
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 9414⇓ (19.951 MB)
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗




Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
Flt. Ofcr. Plowman, Noel Elwin⇗PilotKIA
Flt. Ofcr. Ferguson, Lawrence Winston, "Winston"⇗Co-pilotKIA
1st Lt. Pommer, Edwin Bernard⇗NavigatorCT
2nd Lt. Hart, Carl Johnston⇗BombardierKIA
CPL. Maxa, Gordon Raymond⇗Radio Operator / GunnerKIA
CPL. Cameron, Robert AllenEngineer / Top Turret GunnerPOW
CPL. Oliva, Armando (NMI)⇗Ball Turret GunnerPOW
CPL. Grams, Melvin Joseph⇗Flexible GunnerWIA
CPL. Anderson, Frank Julius⇗Flexible GunnerPOW
SGT. Miller, Orus Denvil⇗Flexible GunnerCT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 14 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
171⇗ 4 August 1944 Target: Rocket Research & Development Complex
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Peenemünde, Germany
Engineer/Top Turret 42‑97251⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Group Hot Camera Ship.
Sortie Report⇗
173⇗ 5 August 1944 Target: Luftwaffe Controlling Station
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Langenhagen, Germany
Engineer/Top Turret 44‑6105⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High section deputy, high group.
Sortie Report⇗
177⇗ 11 August 1944 Target: Tactical: Coastal Artillery Emplacements
Type: Military
Location: Brest, France
Engineer/Top Turret 42‑107058⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
High group flying spare. Turned back because he couldn't locate formation. A contributing factor was a broken radiocompass antenna.
Sortie Report⇗
178⇗ 12 August 1944 Target: "Landing Ground"
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: La Perthe, France
Engineer/Top Turret 42‑102500⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low group. Landed with #3 feathered.
Sortie Report⇗
180⇗ 14 August 1944 Target: Echterdingen Airdrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Engineer/Top Turret 43‑37822⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead group. Originally assigned to Johnstone as low group flying spare; replaced 42‑97251. Apparently this was due to the limited availability of ground spares.
Sortie Report⇗
181⇗ 16 August 1944 Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Delitzsch, Germany
Engineer/Top Turret 42‑107121⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
182⇗ 18 August 1944 Target: Tactical: Bridge
Type: Transportation
Location: Vise, Belgium
Engineer/Top Turret 42‑97309⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High group flying spare; joined formation.
Sortie Report⇗
185⇗ 26 August 1944 Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Engineer/Top Turret 42‑102500⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low group.
Sortie Report⇗
187⇗ 3 September 1944 Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany
Engineer/Top Turret 42‑102500⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
190⇗ 9 September 1944 Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany
Engineer/Top Turret 42‑39888⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
This crew replaced original aircraft (42‑38014) with 42‑39888, apparently displacing the Sienkiewicz Crew. Aborted due to oxygen failure.
Sortie Report⇗
191⇗ 10 September 1944 Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Sindelfingen, Germany
Engineer/Top Turret 42‑102933⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
193⇗ 12 September 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Brüx, Czechoslovakia
Engineer/Top Turret 42‑102500⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Landed with wounded aboard.
Sortie Report⇗
194⇗ 13 September 1944 Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany
Engineer/Top Turret 42‑107121⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
195⇗ 17 September 1944 Target: Tank and Gun Concentrations, Tactical
Type: Military
Location: Eindhoven & 's‑Hertogenbosch (den Bosch), The Netherlands
Engineer/Top Turret 42‑97510⇗ Combat Mission Credit
D Squadron.
Sortie Report⇗
196⇗ 19 September 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany
Engineer/Top Turret 42‑102620⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron.
Sortie Report⇗
198⇗ 25 September 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Engineer/Top Turret 42‑107057⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Hit by flak, crashed near Wiesbaden, Germany; MACR 9414
Sortie Report⇗

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