Campbell, James Commodore (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-October-15

Flying Officer James Commodore Campbell RCAF

Birth Date: 1916-October-09

Born: Canton, New York

Parents: William Glen Campbell & Margaret Ross Hilson.

Spouse: Elizabeth Whyte, of Thorold, Ontario.

Home: ThoroId, Ontario

Enlistment: Hamilton, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1942-February-04

Service

RCAF

Unit

626 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
To Strive And Not To Yield To strive and not to yeild

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/26122

Home

ThoroId, Ontario

Target

Duisburg Germany

Final Burial

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
25 B 9

Took off from Wickenby at 22:27 in Lancaster Mk II (Sqn code UM-V2 Bomber Command) on an operation to Duisburg Germany.

Hit by flak and crashed at Wanheimerort, Duisburg Germany. All crew were killed in the crash.

Killed includes Campbell: Flying Officer Robert Allan Charland RCAF J/29054 2nd pilot KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row C Collective Grave 1-4. Flying Officer Ross Cuthbert Clouston RCAF J/35921 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row C Collective Grave 1-4. Pilot Officer William Frederick Palmer RCAF J/92063 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row C Collective Grave 1-4. Pilot Officer Roland Marcel Joseph Champagne RCAF J/95080 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row C Collective Grave 1-4. Sergeant Sidney John Akhurst RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row C Collective Grave 1-4. Sergeant Thomas George Reynolds RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row B Grave 10 Flying Officer John Allan Orr DFC RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row C Collective Grave 1-4.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial