Campbell, Frederick William (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-December-23

Pilot Officer Frederick William Campbell RCAF

Birth Date: 1915-January-01

Born: Highland, Colchester, Nova Scotia

Parents: William True Campbell & Bertha Lillian Tomlinson

Spouse: Dorothy Eleanor Frances Glennon, married on 8 December 1944 in Acton, London, England.

Home: Pembroke, Hants County, Nova Scotia (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

582 (PFF) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Pre Volamus Designantes We fly before marking

Base

RAF Little Staughton

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/94493
Prev: R/65080

Home
Google MapPembroke, Hants County, Nova Scotia (parents)
Target
Google MapCologne Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapVillage Cemetery At Opitter

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapGroesbeek Canadian War Cemetery
XVII B 7

Took off at from Little Staughton at 10:29 for an operation to Köln, Germany.

Out-bound crashed at Opitter (Limburg), 4 km SE of Bree Belgium.

Killed: Flight Sergeant Vivian George Hobbs RAF KIA parachute failed to open properly. F/Lt Peter Alfred Thomas DFC RAF KIA when the aircraft crashed. Warrant Officer Class 2 Fredrick William Campbell RCAF R/65080 KIA when aircraft crashed.

POWs: Flying Officer William Ewart Vaughan RCAF J/24199 POW camp not listed. F/Lt Ayton Richardson Whitaker RAF POW camp not listed. WO Herbert Fuller RAF POW camp not listed.

Hospitalized: Sergeant G Fallon RAF Injured and hospitalized.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster PB523

Pilot Officer Frederick William Campbell RCAF

Pilot Officer Campbell, Frederick William (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-December-23
Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Sergeant G Fallon RAFVR

Sergeant Fallon, G (RAFVR)
Air Gunner
Survived
1944-December-23
cemetery unknown

Warrant Officer Class ll Herbert Fuller RAFVR

Warrant Officer Class ll Fuller, Herbert (RAFVR)

Prisoner of War
1944-December-23
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Vivian George Hobbs RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Hobbs, Vivian George (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1944-December-23
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Germany

Flight Lieutenant Peter Alfred Thomas RAFVR

Flight Lieutenant Thomas, Peter Alfred (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-December-23
CWG Cemetery, Heverlee, Brabant, Belgium

Flying Officer William Ewart Vaughan RCAF

Flying Officer Vaughan, William Ewart (RCAF)

Prisoner of War
1944-December-23
cemetery unknown

Flight Lieutenant Ayton Richardson Whitaker RAFVR

Flight Lieutenant Whitaker, Ayton Richardson (RAFVR)

Prisoner of War
1944-December-23
cemetery unknown

Mission

Lancaster Mk.I/III PB523

Bombing Cologne Germany 1944-December-23 to 1944-December-23

405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) RAF Little Staughton

Lancaster PB523

Took off at from Little Staughton at 10:29 for an operation to Köln, Germany.

Out-bound crashed at Opitter (Limburg), 4 km SE of Bree Belgium.

The aircraft withstood a series of fighter attacks, but with the aircraft ablaze Flight Lieutenant Thomas was obliged to give the order to bale out. Four of his crew got out and survived; a fifth, the Flight Engineer Flt Sergeant Hobbs, also made it clear but his chute cruelly failed to open. Thomas stayed at the controls with one of the wounded gunners, Warrant Officer Tex Campbell RCAF. Neither made it home. Fg Off Vaughan RCAF was captured on 23 December 1944 near Krefeld. Fg Off William Ewart Vaughan RCAF - PoW/Dulag Luft Oberursel/Dulag Luft Wetzlar Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/PoW Number? Plt Off Campbell was initially buried in Opitter Roman Catholic Cemetery Belgium. Reinterred 30 November 1945. Sergeant Fallon initially reported injured and POW was subsequently reported "Safe in the UK".