Our Guns Didn’t Work
Heroes Remember
Our Guns Didn’t Work
Transcript
Description
Mr. Campbell talks about a very dangerous mission on which his crew lost a comrade.
David Robert Campbell
David Robert Campbell was born on May 16, 1916. Mr. Campbell grew up on the family farm with his brother and sister in Elgin County, Ontario. He attended a one-room schoolhouse, then went to Western University on a scholarship, studying math and physics, later becoming a high school math teacher. Mr. Campbell joined the Royal Air Force as a navigational instructor in 1940. He taught navigation to many students and flew numerous operational missions as a navigator. Though he was never wounded, Mr. Campbell saw many of his colleagues fall. After the war Mr. Campbell returned to teaching math.
Meta Data
- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Duration:
- 2:49
- Person Interviewed:
- David Robert Campbell
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Second World War
- Location/Theatre:
- Burma
- Battle/Campaign:
- Burma
- Branch:
- Air Force
- Units/Ship:
- 356 Squadron
- Rank:
- Officer
- Occupation:
- Navigator
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