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Campbell, Colin James (Corporal)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-06-23

Male Head

Age: 25

John & Kate Campbell, of Bootle, Lancashire, England

Marion Emily Campbell, of Blackley, Manchester, England.

Service
RAF
Unit
33 ANS- Air Navigation School (RAF)
Loyalty
Base
Mount Hope, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Corporal
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Service Numbers
658273

33 ANS, Hamilton, Ontario KIFA.

Killed includes Campbell: Sgt Edward Alfred Doughty RAF pilot KIFA St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery Mount Hope Ontario RAF Plot. Grave 5. F/Lt John Osman David Kellow RAF KIFA St. Paul's Anglican Church Mount Hope Ontario RAF Plot. Grave 4. Sgt Herbert Preston RAF KIFA St. Paul's Anglican Church Mount Hope Ontario RAF Plot. Grave 7. LAC James Watson RAF KIFA St. Paul's Anglican Church Mount Hope Ontario RAF Plot. Grave 8.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com Find-A-Grave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew on Anson Mk. I 6767

Avro Anson

Avro Anson Mk. V
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Museum's Anson Mk. V was built by MacDonald Brothers in Winnipeg in 1944. It flew with No. 7 Photographic Wing and No. 414 Squadron in Ottawa on photo survey work until the late 1940s. In 1956, it was purchased by INCO and used for mineral surveying until 1980, when it was donated to the Museum. The exterior is painted in the yellow colour common to all BCATP trainers and is in its same wartime RCAF markings.

The Avro Anson was known by a number of nicknames including "Faithful Annie" or "Flying Greenhouse". It was the first aircraft to be flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force to have a retractable undercarriage, which was a comparative novelty in 1936. In 1940, a Canadian government owned company, Federal Aircraft Limited, was created in Montreal to manufacture the Anson for Canadian use. Nearly 3,000 Anson aircraft were produced and, in the early days of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), the Anson was the standard trainer for many pilots, observers (navigators), wireless operators and bomb aimers. More than 20,000 aircrew received training on the Anson. In Canadian service, the aircraft was substantially re-designed with the substitution of North American engines and many other airframe and equipment changes. Harold Skaarup web pages

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

YouTube Avro Anson History

YouTube Avro Anson Construction

CASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF On Strength (4404), RCAF 400 Squadron (6), Canadian Aircraft Losses (257)
last update: 2022-02-22 21:45:24

Anson Mk. I 6767

Ex RAF W2518. To No. 1 Training Command on 18 August 1941, for use by No. 16 Service Flying Training School at Hagersville, Ontario. Operated by No. 33 Air Navigation School at Mount Hope (Hamilton), Ontario when it was involved in a Category A crash at 10:35 on 23 June 1942, near Fingal, Ontario (crash site also reported as Wallaceburg, about 30 miles west of Fingal). Pilot lost control while flying in cloud and the aircraft entered a steep dive at high speed. It subsequently broke up and was seen to dive out of cloud on fire. Report concludes that the pilot had not kept up with his instrument flying practice and his lack of currency was a contributing cause of the accident. All 5 occupants killed. Scrapped by No. 6 Repair Depot.
1941-07-16 Taken on Strength de Havilland Canada 2019-08-20
1942-June-23 Accident: 33 Air Navigation School Loc: Wallacetown Names: Campell | Doughty | Kellow | Preston | Watson
1942-10-20 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20


33 ANS- Air Navigation School (RAF) (33 Air Navigation School)

Nos. 1 & 2 Air Navigation Schools offered four-week courses in astronavigation and were the last step for Air Observers.

The RAF schools, Nos. 31, 32, and 33, provided the same training as Air Observer Schools.

NO33 ANS Mount Hope On
  • RCAF Roundel RCAF.info - RCAF Station Hamilton (Mount Hope) ON

  • General McMaster University - 33 ANS Hamilton ON

  • 1941-06-09 Primary Location Hamilton ON Canada Current home of Hamilton John C. Munro airport CYHM

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