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Military service
Service number:
R/61803
Age:
22
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
78 Sqdn.
Birth:
March 2, 1919
Edinburgh, Scotland
Enlistment:
July 18, 1940
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
January 28, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 103.
Additional information
Son of Douglas Campbell and Elizabeth Smith Reid, of Rush Lake, Saskatchewan.
He died in a plane crash at sea. His body was recovered by HMS Lorna Doone, who buried him at sea off Harwich, England.
He had 560 days of service, including 228 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Operational Wings.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Douglas Reid Campbell
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Flight Sergeant Douglas Reid Campbell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Douglas Reid 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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Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Douglas Reid Campbell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Douglas Reid Campbell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Douglas Reid Campbell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Douglas Reid Campbell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 62 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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