Campbell, Gordon Roch
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Gordon Roch |
Surname | Campbell |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-12-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Walton Skelton Campbell and Mary Ellen Campbell, of Hawthorn East, Victoria, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EF186 |
Markings | GP-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Oxford (Botley) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot H/1. Grave 216. |
Epitaph | OUR BRAVE AND NOBLE SON |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 140 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 410946 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 7 |
Squadron | 1661 HCU |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Miscellaneous Information
A memorial to this crew exists at Newark Air Museum |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-12-1944 |
End Date | 04-12-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Winthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- recovery procedures from unusual attitudes of flight |
Reason for Loss | Entered cumulus nimbus clouds and is though to have immediately iced up. Crashed at Breeder Hills, west of Grantham, Lincs |