Birth Date: 1918-October-11
Born: Memphis, Tennessee USA
William Midgley Campbell & Margaret Deans Philp
Home: North Vancouver, British Columbia (parents)
Enlistment: Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment Date: 1940-08-16
Service
RCAF
Unit
614 (MB) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Codaf I Geisio Welsh
Base
RAF Borizzo, Sicily
Rank
Warrant Officer 1
Position
Warrant Officer 2
Service Numbers
R/58478
1942-12-02: 614 County of Glamorgan Sqn Borizzo, Sicily, Blenheim Mk V BA-872 lost on a raid to Tunis, Tunisia, cause not found.
Killed including Campbell: Flying Officer Thomas Arthur Buzzard Young RAF pilot KIA La Reunion War Cemetery Algeria grave 2. G. 6.
The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (Bristol) which was used extensively in the first two years and in some cases throughout the Second World War. The aircraft was developed as Type 142, a civil airliner, in response to a challenge from Lord Rothermere to produce the fastest commercial aircraft in Europe. The Type 142 first flew in April 1935, and the Air Ministry, impressed by its performance, ordered a modified design as the Type 142M for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a bomber. Deliveries of the newly named Blenheim to RAF squadrons commenced on 10 March 1937. Wikipedia
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