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Campbell, Vincent Daniel (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-November-09

Birth Date: 1923-February-01 (age 21)

Born: South Porcupine, Ontario

Daniel George Campbell & Margaret Alegra McMillan

Home: Ottawa, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment: Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1942-03-12

Service
RCAF
Unit
625 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
We Avenge
Base
RAF Waddington
Rank
Pilot Officer
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
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
J/95217
Prev: R/150386

Took off from Kelstern at 08:24 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code CF-A Bomber Command) on an operation to Wanne-Eickel Germany.

Aircraft shot down by flak at Herten Scherlebeck, two miles north of Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

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Killed includes Campbell: Flying Officer Edward John Brown RCAF J/37886 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Plot 20. Row B. Grave 4. Flying Officer Allan Bruce RCAF J/27531 pilot KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Plot 17. Row G. Grave 4. Flying Officer Lindsay Leonard Guthrie RCAF J/29986 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 20. Row B. Grave 6. Pilot Officer Norman Gordon Marler RCAF J/95392 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 20. Row B. Grave 14. Pilot Officer Earl Duncan Wilmot RCAF J/95499 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 20. Row B. Grave 5. Pilot Officer Jack Holton RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 20. Row B. Grave 7.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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

Pilot Officer Vincent Daniel Campbell was exhumed and reburied.

Home
Google MapOttawa, Ontario (parents)
Target
Google MapWanne-Eickel Germany
First Burial
Google MapGelsenkirchen, Germany
Re-Burial
Google MapReichswald Forest War Cemetery
Plot 20 Row B Grave 9

Lancaster NG239

Avro Lancaster

Avro Lancaster Mk. X RCAF Serial FM 213
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The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same wartime era.

The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use". Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester (which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942), the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling. Wikipedia

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Lancaster Mk.I NG239

With No. 625 Sqn. Apparently seen with wheels down, Wanne-Eickel on a daylight raid 9 Nov 1944

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