Robert L Campbell | American Air Museum

Robert L Campbell

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

KIA. C-47 crashed in the Pyrenees Mtns on a flight from Grove, England to Istres, FR.

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Units served with

A C-47 Skytrain (serial number 43-8386) and a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29780) nicknamed "Silver Queen" of the 95th Bomb Group.

Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'C47 43-8386. Heston- 38D Silver Queen.'

27th Air Transport Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Transport

Lieutenant Corfman, pilot of the 530th Fighter Squadron, 311th Fighter Group stands by a hole in the wing of his P-51 Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt. Corfman & hole.'

311th Ferry Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Transport

Places

Aerial photograph of Grove airfield looking south, the technical site with T2 hangars is right, 6 September 1946. Photograph taken by No. 504 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1721. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Grove

Site type: Airfield

Istres

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Istre-Le Tubé Air Base

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Died	Pyrenees	7 November 1944
Born	Nebraska, USA

Revisions

Date17 Nov 2015 14:15:00

ContributorLucyd

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Leslie Veit