Sgt
Robert Jackson Campbell
Military Details
Service Number: 917815
Regiment & Unit / Ship
78 Squadron R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve
Service Branch
RAF
Enlistment Details
Place of Enlistment
London
Residence at Enlistment
43 Hamilton Place , Feltham , Middlesex
Service History
Military Service
Sergeant / Service Number: 917815
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group: No.4 Bomber Command
Squadron: No. 78 Sqdn. RAF
Airfield: RAF Station Breighton
Aircraft: Handley Page Halifax Mk.III - LV820 / Marking: EY-F
Trade: Flight Engineer
Deceased: Age 24
Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft
Transfer Details
Regiment Transferred To
R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve
Personal Details
Date of Birth
12th March 1920
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Address
4 Ivy Cottages, Cleator
Residence (Census)
43 Hamilton Place , Feltham , Middlesex
Residence (Roll of Honour)
43 Hamilton Place , Feltham , Middlesex
Parents
Robert E. & Helen R
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Aircraft Fitter
Work Address
43 Hamilton Pl, Feltham
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
13th June 1944
Age at Death
24
Circumstances of Death
Handley Page Halifax Mk.III - LV820 / Marking: EY-F Takeoff from RAF Brieghton 12 June 1944 at 22:13 hrs for a bombing operation against communication/railway facilities at Amiens in the Somme département.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down in a two-minute combat, by Unteroffizier Johann Werthner of the 7./NJG 2, who had taken off from Volkel airfield in the Netherlands before midnight, in a Junkers Ju 88, crashing at Bosc‑Mesnil, Seine‑Maritime.
There were no survivors amongst the crew.
Theater of Action
Europe
Regiment at Death
R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve
Battalion/Vessel at Death
78 Squadron
Rank at Death
Sgt
Notes
Honours/Citations:
Mentioned-in-Dispatches (MiD), 1939-45 Star with Bomber Command Bar, Air Crew Europe Star with France and Germany bar, Defence Medal & War Medal 1939-1945
Buried or Commemorated at
Poix-de-Picardie Churchyard
France
Grave Position: POIX-DE-PICARDIE CHURCHYARD Row C. Joint grave 18.
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