Cameron Oliver Evans
MilitaryCanadian born. Assigned to 12th Replacement Control Depot, 8AF USAAF. Detached service to 78Sqn RAF. Failed to return (FTR) mission to bomb Juvisy, France in HP Halifax III MZ577 7-Jun-44; hit by flak, only two of the five crew escaped the doomed aircraft. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8713
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Depot
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Supply
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Lancaster
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Ontario, Toronto, Canada | 24 August 1923 | Son of F W Evans. |
| Devonshire, Grosse Pointe Park, MI | 30 June 1942 | Unemployed at time of draft registration, Devonshire, Grosse Pointe Park, MI | |
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Died |
Juvisy, France | 7 June 1944 | Failed to return (FTR) mission to bomb Juvisy, France in HP Halifax III MZ577 7-Jun-44; hit by flak. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8713 |
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Enlisted |
Detroit, MI | ||
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Other Based |
Tidworth, England | Assigned to 12th Replacement Control Depot, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Detached service RAF |
RAF Breighton, Yorkshire | 7 June 1944 | Detached service with 78Sqn RAF. |
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Buried |
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Epinal, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France |
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