Campbell, Arnold
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Arnold |
Surname | Campbell |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 24-05-1943 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JD112 |
Markings | DY-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bergen General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 2. Row E. Grave 22. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 140 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1239952 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Catherine's Church Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in wall mounted wooden case, Sqn Badge above |
Memorial Text | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, Easy Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stylised Memorial with inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF and 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF which served at RAF Pocklington during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
This crew had ditched on returning from Bochum just two nights earlier |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/809/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/809/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 23-05-1943 |
End Date | 24-05-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (78% moon) |
Operation | Dortmund. 826 aircraft- the largest since the 1000 bomber raids. 38 aircraft Lost (4.6%). PFF met with clear conditions and marked the target accurately, leading to a good raid. Much devastation was wreaked across large parts of the city. In particular the Hoesch steelworks were put out of action. 624 were killed. This was the last sizeable raid on Dortmund for exactly one year. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed west of Enkhuizen, Holland |