Campbell, Douglas Reid (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-January-28

Flight Sergeant Douglas Reid Campbell RCAF

Birth Date: 1919-March-02

Born: Edinburgh, Scotland

Parents: Douglas Campbell & Elizabeth Smith Reid

Spouse:

Home: Rush Lake, Saskatchewan (parents)

Enlistment: Regina, Saskatchewan

Enlistment Date: 1940-July-18

Service

RCAF

Unit

77 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Esse Potius Quam Videri To be, rather than to seem

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Observer

Service Numbers

R/61803

Home
Google MapRush Lake, Saskatchewan (parents)
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 103

Took off from Croft at 17:20 in Whitley Mk V (Sqn code EY- Bomber Command) on an operation to Rotterdam Holland.

Aircraft shot down by friendly fire from flak ships off the Essex coast and crashed at 19:05 into the sea near the Cork Lightship off Harwich. Crew were all killed.

Killed includes Campbell: Sergeant Denis Curnick RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 81. Sergeant Ronald Welburn Dobson RAF KIA St. John Churchyard Fenwick South Yorkshire. Sergeant Alan Neal Williams RAAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 113. Pilot Officer David Llewelyn Williams RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 72.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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