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Military service
Service number:
J/95079
Age:
26
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Birth:
July 3, 1918
Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
November 29, 1941
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
October 9, 1944
Hoxfeld, Borken, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 21. D. 8-10.
Additional information
Son of Archibald Duncan Campbell and Mary McDougall, of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Step-brother of Donald Campbell who served in the Canadian Merchant Navy during the Second World War and survived the war. Russell served in Canada and England. He had 1,044 days of service, including 670 overseas.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Russell Archibald Campbell
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Photo of Russell A. Campbel
Russell A. Campbell shot down and killed Oct.9th,1944 on a raid to Bochum, Germany. -
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Memorial
Pilot Officer Russell Archibald Campbell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Russell Archibald Campbell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Photo of RUSSELL ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL
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Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Russell Archibald Campbell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Russell Archibald Campbell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Russell Archibald Campbell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Russell Archibald Campbell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Russell Archibald Campbell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Russell Archibald Campbell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Russell Archibald Campbell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Russell Archibald Campbell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 267 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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