Campbell, Earl Kenneth (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-July-04

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Birth Date: 1917-March-16

Born: St. Mary's, Ontario

Parents: James Thomas Campbell & Ida May Balls

Spouse: Pansy Ruth Wilford, of Ingersoll, Ontario

Home: Ingersoll, Ontario (Parents)

Enlistment: London, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1940-December-17

Service

RCAF

Unit

18 (MB) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Animo Et Fide With courage and faith

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/8598

Home
Google MapIngersoll, Ontario (Parents)
Target
Google MapComiso Sicily airfield
Temporary Burial
Google MapComiso, Near Crash Site

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapCatania War Cemetery
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Boston shot down near the target, crashing 1.5 KM south of airfield at Comiso, Sicily.

Killed includes Campbell: Flight Sergeant William Trevor Dobson RAF KIA Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Joint grave III. H. 1-2. Sergeant John McClean RAF KIA Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Joint grave III. H. 1-2.

The aircrew were initially buried near the crash site but were later exhumed and re-buried at Catania War Cemetery.

POWs: F/Lt Alvin Edmund Hannah RCAF J/8195 camp not listed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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