Cameron, William Roy, Jr

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Cameron, William Roy, Jr ⇗
Rank	Flight Officer / Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-556511
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #144 dated 22 July 1944, effective 22 July 1944.
Duty	Bombardier
MOS	1035 - Bombardier
Last Duty Date	8 September 1944
Results	Transferred
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 14 July 1923 Graduated from Bombardier School at Victorville AAF, Victorville, California, Class #44-04, 18 March 1944. Appointed Second Lieutenant, AUS effective 28 July 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #155 dated 2 August 1944. Transferred in grade to the Casual Pool, 8th AFRD, AAF Station 594 on 8 September 1944 per Squadron Morning Report.

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Skehan, Joseph Lynne⇗	Pilot	TR
2nd Lt. Heubner, Emil J⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Hannaford, Gordon Coyle⇗	Navigator	CT
Flt. Ofcr. Cameron, William Roy, Jr	Bombardier	TR
CPL. Dufur, William Sargent⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
SGT. Klien, William Martin⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Adameit, Robert Carl⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Knight, Amon Lamar⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
SGT. Mess, Richard Carl⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT
CPL. Stanek, Robert Brice⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 10 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
169⇗	1 August 1944	Target: Railroad Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Chartres, France	Bombardier	44‑6105⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Group, High Squadron Deputy. Dropped bombs early. Sortie Report⇗
170⇗	3 August 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Fleury, Flers, Fiefs, France	Bombardier	44‑6105⇗	Combat Mission Credit I Group. Sortie Report⇗
172⇗	4 August 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Crepieul, France	Bombardier	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
173⇗	5 August 1944	Target: Luftwaffe Controlling Station Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Langenhagen, Germany	Bombardier	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
176⇗	9 August 1944	Target: Erding Airdrome & Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Erding, Germany	Bombardier	44‑6105⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
177⇗	11 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Coastal Artillery Emplacements Type: Military Location: Brest, France	Bombardier	42‑97204⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
179⇗	13 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Road Network Type: Transportation Location: Beaumont-le-Roger (area), France	Bombardier	44‑6105⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
181⇗	16 August 1944	Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Delitzsch, Germany	Bombardier	44‑6105⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, lead group. Sortie Report⇗
182⇗	18 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Vise, Belgium	Bombardier	44‑6149⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
183⇗	24 August 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Bombardier	44‑6105⇗	Combat Mission Credit High section lead, low group. Sortie Report⇗

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