Campbell, Thomas (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-July-30

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Birth Date: 1918

Born:

Parents: William & Margaret Campbell

Spouse: Eileen Campbell, of Ewell, Surrey

Home: Ewell, Surrey, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

78 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nemo Non Paratus Nobody unprepared

Base

RAF Breighton

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)

Service Numbers

548217

Home
Google MapEwell, Surrey, England
Target
Google MapHamburg Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapBad Oldsloe Cemetery, Friedhof, Germany

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapCWG Cemetery
Plot 6A Row B Grave 9

Took off from Breighton at 22:11 in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code EY-P Bomber Command) on an operation to Hamburg Germany.

Shot down by flak and crashed at Oldesloe 20 km SW of Lübeck.

Killed includes Campbell: Flying Officer Ralph Cameron Baillie RCAF J/17942 KIA Hamburg Cemetery Coll. grave 6A. B. 4-8. Flight Sergeant William Moffatt Tattersall Hetherington RCAF R/132100 KIA Hamburg Cemetery Coll. grave 6A. B. 4-8. Flight Sergeant Gerald Harvey Woodcock RCAF R/140867 KIA Hamburg Cemetery grave 6A. B. 10. Flight Sergeant Peter Aird Fraser RAAF KIA Hamburg Cemetery Coll. grave 6A. B. 4-8. Sergeant William Ernest Goodacre RAF KIA Hamburg Cemetery Coll. grave 6A. B. 4-8. Sergeant James Robert Nicholls RAF KIA Hamburg Cemetery Coll. grave 6A. B. 4-8.

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Crew or Other Personnel

Halifax JB798

Flying Officer Ralph Cameron Baillie RCAF

Flying Officer Baillie, Ralph Cameron (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1943-July-30
CWG Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany

Sergeant Thomas Campbell RAF

Sergeant Campbell, Thomas (RAF)
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Killed in Action
1943-July-30
CWG Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany

Flight Sergeant Peter Aird Fraser RAAF

Flight Sergeant Fraser, Peter Aird (RAAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-July-30
CWG Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany

Sergeant William Ernest Goodacre RAFVR

Sergeant Goodacre, William Ernest (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-July-30
CWG Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany

Flight Sergeant William Moffatt Tattersall Hetherington RCAF

Flight Sergeant Hetherington, William Moffatt Tattersall (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-July-30
CWG Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany

Sergeant James Robert Nicholls RAFVR

Sergeant Nicholls, James Robert (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1943-July-30
CWG Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany

Flight Sergeant Gerald Harvey Woodcock RCAF

Flight Sergeant Woodcock, Gerald Harvey (RCAF)
Air Gunner (Rear)
Killed in Action
1943-July-30
CWG Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany

Mission

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JB798

Bombing Hamburg Germany 1943-July-29 to 1943-July-30

78 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Breighton

78 Squadron (Nemo Non Paratus) RAF Breighton. Halifax II aircraft JB 798 EY-P is believed to have been hit by flak while on an operation against targets in Hamburg, Germany. The Halifax crashed south-west of Lubeck at Bad Oldsloe, Germany, the 14th aircraft shot down on this, the 3rd raid on targets in Hamburg

FS WMT Hetherington (RCAF), Flying Officer RC Baillie (RCAF), FS GH Woodcock (RCAF), Sergeants T Campbell (RAF), WE Goodacre (RAFVR), JR Nicholls (RAFVR) and FS PA Fraser (RAAF) were all killed in action on their 6th operation

The Battle of Hamburg, Allied Bomber Forces Against a German City by Martin Middlebrook, Appendix 4, page 340

Unvetted Source 29/30.07.1943 No.78 Squadron Halifax II JB798 EY-P Flight Sergeant Peter...