Birth Date: 1917
Born:
Parents: John & Kate Campbell, of Bootle, Lancashire, England
Spouse: Marion Emily Campbell, of Blackley, Manchester, England.
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAF
Unit
33 ANS- Air Navigation School (RAF)
Base
Mount Hope, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Corporal
Position
Service Numbers
658273
33 ANS, Hamilton, Ontario KIFA.
Killed includes Campbell: Sergeant 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. Sergeant 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.
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
The RAF schools, Nos. 31, 32, and 33, provided the same training as Air Observer Schools.
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Hamilton (Mount Hope) ON
Saint Pauls Anglican Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
Harold A Skaarup Web Page
Avro Anson History