Pilot Officer Robert Sydney Jones, Flight Sergeant Cameron

[AndreasB]

I have both of these as evaders from an Italian camp in North Africa in January 1942.

It looks from a Google search that Cameron (112 Squadron RAF) managed to escape to British lines, walking for three days through the desert. Although another link says he also was recaptured

http://www.mts.net/~royb/raf_kittyhawK_codes.html

For R.S.Jones (3 Squadron RAAF?) I have him escaping successfully only in Italy, to Switzerland (if it is the same person), so he would have been recaptured then.

http://www.aifpow.com/part_3__the_ra..._and_internees

Can anyone confirm what actually happened?

Many thanks!

All the best

Andreas

[Stig Jarlevik]

Andreas

Still not bought Shores A history of the Med Air War?

On page 427 I read that two pilots from 3 RAAF Sq were shot down and taken prisoners on the Jan 11th
F/O R.S. Jones in an unknown Kittyhawk
Sgt Alan C. Cameron in Kittyhawk AK617. Cameron escaped on the 17th but was betrayed by Arabs and recaptured, and now sent to PoW camp in Italy.
There is nothing further on Jones in the book.
Nothing is mentioned about any Cameron from 112 Sq.
Cheers
Stig

[Nick Hector]

Originally Posted by Stig Jarlevik

Andreas

Still not bought Shores A history of the Med Air War?

Is there a known release date for that one?

Nick

[Stig Jarlevik]

Nick

It's been out for a couple of months by now

Cheers
Stig

[udf_00]

Both from no 3 RAAF

Cameron :
http://www.awm.gov.au/research/peopl...n.asp?p=368197
http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/021807
http://www.3squadron.org.au/indexpages/history3a.htm

Jones :
http://www.3squadron.org.au/subpages/Chinchen.htm
http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P00631.006

[AndreasB]

Originally Posted by Stig Jarlevik

Andreas

Still not bought Shores A history of the Med Air War?

On page 427 I read that two pilots from 3 RAAF Sq were shot down and taken prisoners on the Jan 11th
F/O R.S. Jones in an unknown Kittyhawk
Sgt Alan C. Cameron in Kittyhawk AK617. Cameron escaped on the 17th but was betrayed by Arabs and recaptured, and now sent to PoW camp in Italy.
There is nothing further on Jones in the book.
Nothing is mentioned about any Cameron from 112 Sq.
Cheers
Stig

Got that and checked, hence my inquiry. From the link I presented Cameron was No. 112 Squadron but with a detachment attached to No. 3 Squadron at the time. Also the info in Shores et al does not square with that in the link I found where it is said that Cameron actually did escape.

But the links by udf_000 shows that the link I found is wrong.

All the best

Andreas

[Stig Jarlevik]

OK Andreas

Read you, but it would help if you straight away told us what you had checked.

Looking at one page dedicated to 112 Sq there is no Cameron listed in its roll call.
http://raf-112-squadron.org/nominal_roll.html

Doesn't proof anything, but I don't think our Cameron was detached from 112 Sq, and I think Shores is correct in his book.

Cheers
Stig