Bruce L Campbell
MilitaryAssigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 49FS, 14FG, 12AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Sicily in P-38G 42-12987. Mid air collision whilst weaving with formation. Baled out. Prisoner of War(POW). 18-Jun-43. MACR 308.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Offutt AFB, NE, USA | 21 January 1942 | |
Based |
Duxford | 26 January 1943 | Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Mid air collision / baled out |
Sicily, Italy | 18 June 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Sicily in P-38G 42-12987. Mid air collision whilst weaving with formation. Baled out. Prisoner of War(POW). 18-Jun-43. MACR 308. |
Belgrade, NE 68623, USA | |||
Born |
Nance County, NE, USA | Son of Harry V and tilda Campbell. | |
Other Based |
Teleghma, Algeria | 18 June 1943 | Transferred to 49FS, 14FG, 12AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p133 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list