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Corporal Colin James Campbell

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Corporal Colin James Campbell

Birth
Death
23 Jun 1942
Fingal, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Mount Hope, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
Plot
RAF Plot - Grave 6
Memorial ID
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Corporal Campbell was one of five RAF airmen who lost their lives when their Avro Anson #6767 aircraft crashed near Fingal, Ontario.

The airmen who perished in this accident were-

RAF Corporal Colin James CAMPBELL

RAFVR Flight Lieutenant John Osman David KELLOW

RAFVR Sergeant Edward Alfred DOUGHTY

RAFVR Sergeant Herbert PRESTON and

RAF Leading Aircraftman James WATSON.


Military service:-

Rank: Corporal

Service No: 658273

Age: 25

Service: Royal Air Force

Division: #33 Air Navigation School (ANS); Hamilton (Mount Hope), Ontario


This airman was one of the Royal Air Force personnel who were killed while training at No. 33 Air Navigation School near Hamilton, Ontario.


Son of John and Kate Campbell of Bootle, Lancashire, England; husband of Marion Emily Campbell of Blackley, Manchester, England.


He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Corporal Campbell was one of five RAF airmen who lost their lives when their Avro Anson #6767 aircraft crashed near Fingal, Ontario.

The airmen who perished in this accident were-

RAF Corporal Colin James CAMPBELL

RAFVR Flight Lieutenant John Osman David KELLOW

RAFVR Sergeant Edward Alfred DOUGHTY

RAFVR Sergeant Herbert PRESTON and

RAF Leading Aircraftman James WATSON.


Military service:-

Rank: Corporal

Service No: 658273

Age: 25

Service: Royal Air Force

Division: #33 Air Navigation School (ANS); Hamilton (Mount Hope), Ontario


This airman was one of the Royal Air Force personnel who were killed while training at No. 33 Air Navigation School near Hamilton, Ontario.


Son of John and Kate Campbell of Bootle, Lancashire, England; husband of Marion Emily Campbell of Blackley, Manchester, England.


He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.


Inscription

(Epitaph...)
THE LORD GAVE AND
THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY.


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  • Created by: SJB Hearn
  • Added: Nov 18, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100874861/colin_james-campbell: accessed ), memorial page for Corporal Colin James Campbell (unknown–23 Jun 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 100874861, citing Saint Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery, Mount Hope, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594).