John Alexander Campbell

Killed in Action 1940-05-12

Male Head

Birth Date: 1913

Born:

Ian Collin Campbell & Jean Barty Campbell

Home: Nelson, British Columbia (Parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Decorations: DFC

Service

RAF

Unit

87 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Maximus Me Metuit The most powerful fear me

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

39492

Home

Nelson, British Columbia (Parents)

Final Burial

Maastricht General Cemetery
Row 3 Grave 140

87 Sqn RAF Lille-Vendeville airfield, France.

Hurricane I aircraft L 1970 lost during the Battle of France, while escorting Bristol Blenheim bombers attacking bridges in the Maastricht area. Probably shot down by Hptm Adolf Galland of 1 Stab/JG 27. This was claimed as Galland's first victory in air to air combat. According to German sources the intercept happened 10 kilometers west of LiÃ¨ge. Hurricane L 1970 crashed near Oost-Maarland, Eijsden, Limburg, Netherlands.

Flying Officer JA Campbell DFC (RAF)(Can) was killed. Flying Officer Campbell had destroyed four enemy aircraft prior to his death.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Hawker Hurricane

Hawker Hurricane Mk IIc.
Source BBMF

The Hawker Hurricane is a single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s"“1940s that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). The Hurricane developed through several versions, as bomber-interceptors, fighter-bombers, and ground support aircraft in addition to fighters. Versions designed for the Navy were popularly known as the Sea Hurricane, with modifications enabling their operation from ships. Some were converted to be used as catapult-launched convoy escorts. By the end of production in July 1944, 14,487 Hurricanes had been completed in Britain and Canada.

A major manufacturer of the Hurricane was Canadian Car and Foundry at their factory in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario. The facility's chief engineer, Elsie MacGill, became known as the "Queen of the Hurricanes". The initiative was commercially led rather than governmentally, but was endorsed by the British government; Hawker, having recognized that a major conflict was all but inevitable after the Munich Crisis of 1938, drew up preliminary plans to expand Hurricane production via a new factory in Canada. Under this plan, samples, pattern aircraft, and a complete set of design documents stored on microfilm, were shipped to Canada; the RCAF ordered 20 Hurricanes to equip one fighter squadron and two more were supplied to Canadian Car and Foundry as pattern aircraft but one probably did not arrive. The first Hurricane built at Canadian Car and Foundry was officially produced in February 1940. As a result, Canadian-built Hurricanes were shipped to Britain to participate in events such as the Battle of Britain. Canadian Car and Foundry (CCF) was responsible for the production of 1,451 Hurricanes. Wikipedia and Harold A Skaarup Web Page

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