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CAM, Edward Kenneth

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rank: F/O
status: pow
airforce: RAF    (no: 134752 )
born: 1921-08-04 Blackpool United Kingdom

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RAFVR, always known as Ken
I will not attempt to describe much Bio, as it is all explained in great and amusing detail in his book "Make it Do"
Everybody should read it!

Suffice it to say that Ken was promoted P/O 03/09/42 (Gazetted 29/12/42) and then F/O 03/03/43 (Gazetted 11/06/43)

He was shot down 05/06/43 on the squadron flight to Malta, crash landing on a tiny Mediterranean island
He was eventually taken to Stalag Luft 3 as a PoW (number 3098)

Do read the book!

Squadrons:

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RAF 232 1943-04-27 --

Aircraft:

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JK365 Escort Mitchells (didn't show) 1943-04-29
JK310 Engine failure on sqn t/f to Malta, crash-landed on Linosa 1943-06-05
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by: kurtis Completely Agree 2026-03-21 15:10:57

It was an excellent read, and well written by the pilot himself, showing just how tough the African campaign was, the hardscrabble conditions, the losses, the improvisations to eat/sleep/fly/fight and still keep going.
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