Roll of Honour

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Name SCOTT
First names Bruce Robert
Rank Sgt
Service RAF
Service number 1324631
Crew position Air Gunner
Age
Date of death 05/07/44
Cemetery Romescamp Churchyard Oise France

Photographed by Graham Glover
4/5 July, 1944; ST-LEU-D'ESSERENT (CRIEL): On the previous two nights operations had been cancelled during the early evening, but on Tuesday 4th, 5 Group did manage to dispatch 231 aircraft against the underground flying-bomb store at St-Leu-D'Esserent. Night-fighters were out in force once again and engaged the bombers in the target area.
Of the 17 crews that had departed Fiskerton, one failed to return. Sadly, F/O Harold Dod and crew flying a brand-new aircraft, were all killed over France, and are buried together in Romescamp Cemetery near Oise.

Lancaster PB195 (EA-P)
F/O H.F. Dod Pilot (Killed)

Sgt V.A. Keen F/ E (Killed)
F/S N. Gordon NAV (Killed)
Sgt L. Horner W/AG (Killed)
Sgt B.R. Scott A/G (Killed)
F/S J.L. Cox A/B (Killed)

P/O J.R. Truscott RCAF A/G (Killed)

Crew on their 17th operation