Campbell, Alexander Peter (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1945-March-26

Flight Sergeant Alexander Peter Campbell RCAF

Birth Date: 1923-February-08

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Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

354 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/163475

Home
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Memorial Location
Google MapSingapore War Memorial
Column 458

Aircraft on Maritime Patrol over the Andaman Sea off Burma (Myanmar).

Located and attacked a convoy sinking the largest freighter (Japanese supply ship 'RISUI MARU', 1500 tons). Liberator damaged by marine flak and crashed in the sea.

Killed includes Campbell: Flying Officer Irving Lindzon RCAF J/42510 KIA Singapore Memorial Column 456. Flight Sergeant Jack Samuel McIver RCAF R/277937 KIA Singapore Memorial Column 458. F/Lt William Gordon McRae RCAF J/6834 KIA Singapore Memorial Column 455. Flying Officer Harry Parker RCAF J/43687 KIA Singapore Memorial Column 456. Flying Officer Edward Walter Pollard RCAF J/43686 KIA Singapore Memorial Column 456. Sergeant Gordon Parker RAF KIA Singapore Memorial Column 451. F/Lt Cyril John Slater RAF KIA Singapore Memorial Column 446.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Liberator EW319

Flight Sergeant Alexander Peter Campbell RCAF

Flight Sergeant Campbell, Alexander Peter (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-March-26
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Flying Officer Irving Lindzon RCAF

Flying Officer Lindzon, Irving (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1945-March-26
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Flight Sergeant Jack Samuel McIver RCAF

Flight Sergeant McIver, Jack Samuel (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-March-26
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Flight Lieutenant William Gordon McRae RCAF

Flight Lieutenant McRae, William Gordon (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1945-March-26
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Flying Officer Harry Parker RCAF

Flying Officer Parker, Harry (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-March-26
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Flying Officer William Andrew Boyd Payne RCAF

Flying Officer Payne, William Andrew Boyd (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1945-March-26
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Flying Officer Edward Walter Pollard RCAF

Flying Officer Pollard, Edward Walter (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-March-26
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Liberator serial: EW319

(DND Photos via James Craik) (Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
Consolidated Liberator G.R. Mk. VIII, RCAF (Serial No. 11130) ex-USAAF Consolidated (Vultee) B-24L Liberator USAAF (44-50154)
ex-RAF (Serial No. 5009), ex-Indian Air Force (Serial No. HE773).
Currently preserved in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum Ottawa Ontario.

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber flown by the RCAF during the Second Word War. It was designed with a shoulder-mounted, high aspect ratio Davis wing which gave the Liberator a high cruise speed, long range and the ability to carry a heavy bomb load. Early RAF Liberators were the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean as a matter of routine. In comparison with its contemporaries the B-24 was relatively difficult to fly and had poor low speed performance; it also had a lower ceiling compared with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Of the roughly 18,500 B-24s built in the USA during the war, 148 were flown by the RCAF on long range anti-submarine patrols, with the B-24 serving an instrumental role in closing the Mid-Atlantic gap in the Battle of the Atlantic. The RCAF also flew a few B-24s post war as transports.

Roughly half of all (RAF) Liberator crews in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theatre were Canadian by the end of the war. John Muir of Vancouver flew the longest mission of the war: 24hrs, 10mins from Ceylon to Burma and back. (Kyle Hood) Harold Skaarup web page


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