Royal New Zealand Air Force War Graves in Gelderland
Lochem Nieuwe Begraafplaats
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Lochem
Raymond John Cammock, DFC
F/O R.J. Cammock -414723
Son of David John and Bertha Agnes Cammock, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Son of David John and Bertha Agnes Cammock, Christchurch, New Zealand.
At 07.00hrs two flights of No.486 (NZ) Squadron left their airfield at Volkel in the Province of Noord-Brabant for an armed reconnaissance to the area North-East of Arnhem and further to the German border. Some forty minutes later a goods train with about twenty trucks was spotted near the village of Eefde. The flight of S/L Ironmonger engaged, but in the course of the third attack, at 07.45 hours, F/O Cammock's Tempest was hit by self-destroying flak fired from the surrounding country. At a height of 500 feet his engine burst into flames and he dived and exploded just in front of the guard-van of the train. F/O Cammock was killed instantly and was initially buried by workers close to the rail track. After the end of the war, his remains were re-buried at the Nieuwe Begraafplaats at Lochem.
Two flights of four Tempest V fighter-bomber aircraft from No.486 Squadron took of at 07.00 hours from their airfield B.60 at Volkel. The flight of F/O Cammock was lead by S/L Ironmonger, CO of 486:
EJ719 S/L J.H. Ironmonger
JN808 F/O W.A.L. Trott
JN863 F/O R.J. Cammock
EJ712 F/O T.M. Fenton
EJ704 F/L S.S. Williams
JN803 P/O B.M. Hall
JN802 P/O R.D. Bremner
EJ716 F/O W.A. Hart
The remaining 7 Tempests landed back at Volkel at 08.07 hrs.
EJ719 S/L J.H. Ironmonger
JN808 F/O W.A.L. Trott
JN863 F/O R.J. Cammock
EJ712 F/O T.M. Fenton
EJ704 F/L S.S. Williams
JN803 P/O B.M. Hall
JN802 P/O R.D. Bremner
EJ716 F/O W.A. Hart
The remaining 7 Tempests landed back at Volkel at 08.07 hrs.
Arnhem-Deventer-Lingen-East V1413, V2606 and A0598 respectively.
Engine left severely damaged in each case and trucks left burning and smoking in first and third attacks. All trains were defended by 20mm self exploding at 4.000'. During the third attack, the aircraft flown by Flying Officer Cammock was hit by flak and crashed into the end of the train. The pilot is believed killed. One diesel engine at A2293. 1026 rounds of 20mm ammo expended.
(No.486 (NZ) Squadron Operations Record Book for October 1944 in AIR27/1934/60).
Engine left severely damaged in each case and trucks left burning and smoking in first and third attacks. All trains were defended by 20mm self exploding at 4.000'. During the third attack, the aircraft flown by Flying Officer Cammock was hit by flak and crashed into the end of the train. The pilot is believed killed. One diesel engine at A2293. 1026 rounds of 20mm ammo expended.
(No.486 (NZ) Squadron Operations Record Book for October 1944 in AIR27/1934/60).
AIR27/1934/60 (October 1944)
En Nooit was het stil, Vol.2, p.389
Fighter Command Losses, Volume III, p106
2nd Tactical Air Force, Volume II, p.325
Tempest & Sea Fury, p.53