Campbell, Russell Archibald
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Russell Archibald |
Surname | Campbell |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-10-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Archibald and Mary Campbell, of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster X |
Serial Number | KB754 |
Markings | VR-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 21. D. 8-10. |
Epitaph | BELOVED SON OF ARCHIBALD AND MARY CAMPBELL. REST IN PEACE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 141 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/95079 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1823/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1823/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 09-10-1944 |
End Date | 10-10-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (41% moon) |
Operation | Bochum. 435 aircraft, 5 losses (1.1%). The target was cloud covered and the bombing was scattered as a result. Some damage to the southern districts of Bochum with 140 houses being destroyed and approximately 150 people killed. |
Reason for Loss | Attacked by a night-fighter (Ju 88) shortly after the bombing run and set on fire, later exploding and throwing clear the rear gun turret, still containing F/S J F McQueen, who became a PoW |