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