| Name |
MACCAUSLAND Vincent Sanford |
| Born |
1 Feb 1913 |
Tyne Valley, Prince PEI  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military |
Between 13 May 1940 and 17 May 1943 |
Canada, England and over Europe [2] |
| Served during WWII with the Royal Canadian Air Force as No. J15309, Flying Officer (Bomb Aimer), attached to 617 Squadron (The Dambusters) RAF. |
- The Dambusters
This famous operation officially named Operation Chastise was mounted on the night of 16/17 May, 1943 by 617 Squadron (a hand-picked squadron of Bomber Command in the Royal Air Force.
133 aircrew in 19 Avro Lancaster Mk. III aircraft loaded with the ingenious bouncing 4100 kg bombs designed by Barnes Wallis, departed RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire in the evening of 16 May,1943 to attack the Möhne, Eder and Sorpe dams in Germany. Successful attacks were made on the Möhne and Eder dams but the Sorpe dam sustained only minor damage. A secondary target of the Ennepe dam did not occur as the pilot mistakenly attacked the nearby Bever dam.
The return to RAF Scampton was not without incident as two aircraft failed to return including 'A' for Apple on which Flying Officer Vincent Sanford MacCAUSLAND was the bomb aimer. He and the other six members of his crew are buried in the Bergen General Cemetery, Bergen. North Holland, NL
8 aircraft did not return to RAF Scampton meaning that 53 airmen were deceased and 3 captured.
Lest We Forget
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| Occupation |
Teacher/School Principal (pre-enlistment in 1940) |
| Buried |
1943 |
Bergen General Cemetery, Bergen, North Holland NL [3] |
- Location: Plot 2. Row D. Grave 3
|
| Died |
17 May 1943 |
Just off the coast of North Holland NL [4] |
| Age: 30y |
- The Lancaster aircraft ('A' for Apple) appeared to come down about 2 km south of the Dutch coastal resort of Castricum aan Zee, North Holland NL.
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| Person ID |
I45571 |
The Relatives of F.L. WALTER |
| Last Modified |
8 Jul 2024 |
1913 - 1943 (30 years)
