Robert Dudley Campbell Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 20638 - Captain Robert D Campbell Jr, Pittsburgh, PA. 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group.
Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed 80 combat mission. Failed to Return (FTR) in P-47D 42-75870. Downed by flak whilst strafing Me109s near St Trond Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7599 / J-1962.
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Allegheny County, PA, USA | 14 December 1922 | |
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 17 July 1942 | |
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Other Crashed |
Tallahassee, FL, USA | 23 October 1943 | Landing Accident due to Mech Failure Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee, FL Cat 3 damage 2Lt Robert D Campbell Jr, 23-Oct-43. P-47G 42-25027 - 306FS 338FG 3AF |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Boxted | 27 January 1944 - 15 August 1944 | Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | 6 May 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other Promotion |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | 9 August 1944 | Promoted to Captain. |
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Other Killed in Action |
Sint-Truiden, Belgium | 15 August 1944 | Killed in Action in P-47D 42-75870 St. Trond, Belgium. MACR 7599 / J-1962. Downed by flak whilst strafing Me109s. |
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Buried |
Neuville-en-Condroz, 4121 Neupré, Belgium | 16 August 1944 | Interred Neuville-En Condrez-Liege, Belgium |
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Buried |
14 December 1949 | Re-Interred Arlington National Cemetery Arlington County Virginia, USA | |
| Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
Revisions
Corrected entry from displaying bomber pilot of same name. Associated places and KIA details.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7599 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list