A small note for a hometown boy
Vincent MacCausland
Born in Tyne Valley, Prince Edward Island, about 30 miles up the road from me. I actually came across his story yesterday as I am preparing a military display in a local museum. There's a fair few MacCauslands on the Island, the secretary at the Faculty where I lectured is one. He was a teacher originally, as was I.
He was the bomb aimer on Dinghy Young's crew. The man who pressed the button that started the breach in the Mohne Dam. They were shot down over the Dutch coast on the way home, no survivors.
His headstone reads:
"In loving memory. Faithful in duty. Courageous in battle. Brave in Death. At Rest."
More here
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Living/...e-Dambusters/1
p.s. he has Observer's wings as he did this on his first Tour. He was specially asked to retrain as a bomb aimer and serve a second Tour of Ops.