Campbell, Peter (Flight Lieutenant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1940-December-13
Birth Date: 1916-March-29
Born:
Parents: Alexander Farringdon Campbell & Dorothy Fanny Campbell.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAF
Unit
1 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Position
2P
Service Numbers
39219
Temporary Burial
Woodlawn Memorial Park, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comCrew or Other Personnel
Nomad (Northrop) 3521
Accident Card - Northrop Nomad (Northrop) serial:3521
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1940-December-13. They are: Nomad s/n 3521, Nomad s/n 3512.
This accident involved 2 people. Bates TS, Campbell EP
This accident had 4 fatalities. Sergeant Lionel Francis RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:580278 Nomad (Northrop) 3512, Leading Aircraftman William James Phillip Gosling RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/60714 Nomad (Northrop) 3512,Leading Aircraftman Theodore Scribner Bates RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/53927 Nomad (Northrop) 3521, Flight Lieutenant Peter Campbell RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:39219 Nomad (Northrop) 3521
Mission
Nomad (Northrop) 3521
Search 1940-December-13 to 1940-December-13
1 (OT) SFTS (RCAF) Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
1 Service Flying Training School (SFTS), Camp Borden, Ontario. Nomad 3503 had gone missing after encountering poor weather conditions during a formation training flight with two other aircraft from Camp Borden on 12 December 1940. Nomad aircraft 3512 and 3521 were assigned the following day to execute a search along the projected flight path of the missing aircraft, in good flying conditions. They took off with experienced crews at 09:10 hours and were later spotted flying at about 700 feet over Lake Muskoka, flying in close formation when a mid-air collision caused both aircraft to crash into the lake
Leading Aircraftman Theodore Scribner Bates (RCAF) and Flight Lieutenant Peter Campbell (RAF) were both killed
The wreckage of Nomad 3521 was located in July 2010 using side-scan sonar. The Royal Canadian Navy's Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic) recovered the remains and personal effects of Leading Aircraftman Bates and Flight Lieutenant Campbell in October 2012, as well as some parts of the aircraft. The main portion of the aircraft wreckage was recovered on October 29, 2014
In September 2013, both airmen were laid to rest side by side at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Guelph, Ontario
Camp Borden Birthplace of the RCAF by 16 Wing page 115
School Daily Diary Entry - 1940-12-13
Royal Air Force serial and Image Database
Recovering Nomad 3512: 72 Years Lost Beneath Lake Muskoka - YouTube
Unit Desciption
1 SFTS (1 Service Flying Training School)
Graduates of the EFTS "learn-to-fly" program went on a Service Flying Training School (SFTS) for 16 weeks. For the first 8 weeks the trainee was part of an intermediate training squadron; for the next 6 weeks an advanced training squadron and for the final 2 weeks training was conducted at a Bombing & Gunnery School. The Service schools were military establishments run by the RCAF or the RAF.
There were two different types of Service Flying Training Schools. Trainees in the fighter pilot stream went to an SFTS like No. 14 Aylmer, where they trained in the North American Harvard or North American Yale. Trainees in the bomber, coastal or transport pilot stream went to an SFTS like No. 5 Brantford where they learned multi-engine technique in an Airspeed Oxford, Avro Anson or Cessna Crane.
Currently the site of CFB Borden. Heliport and grass strip remains. CYBN
For more Information on RCAF Station Borden see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Borden Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Edenvale Ontario
Nomad (Northrop) 3521 - Search - 1940-12-13 to 1940-12-13
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1 Service Flying Training School (SFTS), Camp Borden, Ontario. Nomad 3503 had gone missing after encountering poor weather conditions during a formation training flight with two other aircraft from Camp Borden on 12 December 1940. Nomad aircraft 3512 and 3521 were assigned the following day to execute a search along the projected flight path of the missing aircraft, in good flying conditions. They took off with experienced crews at 09:10 hours and were later spotted flying at about 700 feet over Lake Muskoka, flying in close formation when a mid-air collision caused both aircraft to crash into the lake
Leading Aircraftman Theodore Scribner Bates (RCAF) and Flight Lieutenant Peter Campbell (RAF) were both killed
The wreckage of Nomad 3521 was located in July 2010 using side-scan sonar. The Royal Canadian Navy's Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic) recovered the remains and personal effects of Leading Aircraftman Bates and Flight Lieutenant Campbell in October 2012, as well as some parts of the aircraft. The main portion of the aircraft wreckage was recovered on October 29, 2014
In September 2013, both airmen were laid to rest side by side at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Guelph, Ontario
Camp Borden Birthplace of the RCAF by 16 Wing page 115
School Daily Diary Entry - 1940-12-13
Royal Air Force serial and Image Database
Recovering Nomad 3512: 72 Years Lost Beneath Lake Muskoka - YouTube