Campbell, Stephen Gordon (Warrant Officer 1)

Killed in Action 1944-March-14

Warrant Officer 1 Stephen Gordon Campbell RCAF

Birth Date: 1918-November-11

Born: Vancouver, British Columbia

Parents: Stephen Graham Campbell & Ruth Rose Snow

Spouse:

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment Date: 1941-February-28

Service

RCAF

Unit

4 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

RAF Stranraer

Rank

Warrant Officer 1

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/92380

Home
Google MapVancouver, British Columbia
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 281

Took off from Alness Scotland at 21:05. Last radio contact placed it 70 miles off Sumburg Head in the Shetlands at 22:53. A fishermen reported an explosion on the horizon shortly after 23:00. Aircraft presumed lost.

Killed includes Campbell: Flight Sergeant Eric Dwyer RCAF R/264718 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 281. Warrant Officer Class 1 Walter Gill RCAF R/142701 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 281. Warrant Officer Class 1 Ernest William McCready RCAF R/108312 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 281. Flying Officer Arthur Bowker Smith McElroy RCAF J/25428 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 279. F/Lt Joseph Marcel Jacques Powell RCAF J/21587 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 278. F/Lt Arthur Gordon Rawland RCAF C/1841 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 278. Flight Sergeant William Merser Richmond RCAF R/225463 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 282. Flight Sergeant Edgar Walter Sivell RCAF R/271248 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 282. WO Donald Eric Hunt RAAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 283. F.O Peter Warren Berry RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 266.

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Crew or Other Personnel

Sunderland DP178

Flying Officer Peter Warren Berry RAFVR

Flying Officer Berry, Peter Warren (RAFVR)

Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Warrant Officer 1 Stephen Gordon Campbell RCAF

Warrant Officer 1 Campbell, Stephen Gordon (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant Eric Dwyer RCAF

Flight Sergeant Dwyer, Eric (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Warrant Officer 1 Walter Gill RCAF

Warrant Officer 1 Gill, Walter (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Warrant Officer Donald Eric Hunt RAAF

Warrant Officer Hunt, Donald Eric (RAAF)

Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Warrant Officer 1 Ernest William McCready RCAF

Warrant Officer 1 McCready, Ernest William (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flying Officer Arthur Bowker Smith McElroy RCAF

Flying Officer McElroy, Arthur Bowker Smith (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Lieutenant Joseph Marcel Jacques Powell RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Powell, Joseph Marcel Jacques (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Lieutenant Arthur Gordon Rawland RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Rawland, Arthur Gordon (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant William Merser Richmond RCAF

Flight Sergeant Richmond, William Merser (RCAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant Edgar Walter Sivell RCAF

Flight Sergeant Sivell, Edgar Walter (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Sunderland serial: DP178

Source: Harold A Skaarup Web Page (DND Photo)
Short Sunderland, coded Z, 15 Apr 1943

The Short S.25 Sunderland was a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The aircraft took its service name from the town (latterly, city) and port of Sunderland in North East England.

Developed in parallel with the civilian S.23 Empire flying boat, the flagship of Imperial Airways, the Sunderland was developed specifically to conform to the requirements of British Air Ministry Specification R.2/33 for a long-range patrol/reconnaissance flying boat to serve with the Royal Air Force (RAF). As designed, it served as a successor to the earlier Short Sarafand flying boat. Sharing several similarities with the S.23, it featured a more advanced aerodynamic hull and was outfitted with various offensive and defensive armaments, including machine gun turrets, bombs, aerial mines, and depth charges. The Sunderland was powered by four Bristol Pegasus XVIII radial engines and was outfitted with various detection equipment to aid combat operations, including the Leigh searchlight, the ASV Mark II and ASV Mark III radar units, and an astrodome.

The Sunderland was one of the most powerful and widely used flying boats throughout the Second World War. In addition to the RAF, the type was operated by other Allied military air wings, including the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), South African Air Force (SAAF), Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), French Navy, Norwegian Air Force, and the Portuguese Navy. During the conflict, the type was heavily involved in Allied efforts to counter the threat posed by German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic. Wikipedia

Wikipedia Wikipedia Short Sunderland

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