Ray Campbell
Military | Captain | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Bernard Brooks
Military
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Ray James Campbell Crew 388th BG - 560th BS - 8th AF Standing L to R: Dale D. McIntyre (RO), Anthony D. Kawalec (FE), Bernard Brooks (WG), Edward L. Grindle (WG), Myles A. John (TG) Kneeling Left to Right: Ray James Campbell (P), Riggs M. Tucker (CP), Stephen W. Mitrick (N), Roy H. Uhlinger (RN), John W. Maher (B)
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Raymond J. Campbell Crew 388th BG - 560th BS - 8th AF Standing L to R: Ray James Campbell (P), Riggs M. Tucker (CP), William M. Crabb (B), Ray H. Uhlinger (RN) Kneeling L to R: Anthony D. Kawalec (FE), Bernard Brooks (WG), Dale D. McIntyre (RO), Aubrey R. Stanton (BTG), John F. Marr (WG), Myles A. Johns (TG)
He flew with Pilot Lt. Ray Cambell on 'Ray's Hell' The plane crashed in England but the crew escaped.
DFC, purple heart, etc
Service
Units served with
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8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945. ... -
388th Bomb Group
Group
The 388th Bomb Group flew strategic bombing mission from Knettishall, Suffolk from June 1943 to the end of the war. During this time, though, detachments were sent to Fersfield, Norfolk to conduct Aphrodite missions. In these Aphrodite missions veteran... -
560th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-31214 Return Engagement
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Harvard 16/10/43; Wilmington 19/10/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 26/10/43; Missing in Action Bremen 8/3/44 with Homer Pou, Co-pilot: Bob Laubach, Bombardier: John Mulligan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vernon... -
42-37819
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 10/9/43; Scott 7/10/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 25/10/43; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Len Tobias, Co-pilot: Walt Yurkurtat, Navigator: Herb Gotha, Bombardier: Alf Hano (4 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top... -
42-37867 'BERLIN AMBASSADOR'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 24/9/43; Gr Island 7/10/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 15/10/43; Missing in Action Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Gustav Hoehn, Navigator: Don Modarelli, Radio Operator: Byron Wiberg (wia, but died in hospital four days later), Ball... -
42-97542 City of Savannah
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 16/12/43; Rochester 11/1/44; Langley 13/1/44; Assigned 482BG (H2X) Alconbury 25/1/44; transferred 413BS/96BG [MZ-B] Snetterton 26/1/44; 563BS/388BG Knettishall 27/1/44; Missing in Action Chemnitz 5/3/45 with Ralph Kittle, John Watkins,... -
42-97666
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 21/1/44; 1SAG Langley 3/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned as SH ship 96BG Snetterton 7/4/44; transferred 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 8/4/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 31/12/44 with John Kostuch (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob McCutcheon,... -
42-97760
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 16/2/44; 1SAG Langley 12/3/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 31/5/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 11/1/46. -
44-8301
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Hunter 3/8/44; Palm Springs 10/8/44; Hunter 15/9/44; Grenier 21/9/44; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 23/9/44; in base landing accident with Roland Sears 15/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 27/6/45; Sth Plains 17/7/45; Reconstruction...
Missions
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VIII Bomber Command 169
30 December 1943
The port area and oil refineries at Ludwigshaven, Germany are the target for this massive attack of 710 heavy bombers. The despatch includes 12 PFF-equipped B-17s from 482BG, 11 of these are effective on the mission, 3 are damaged, and the bomber... -
VIII Bomber Command 171
31 December 1943
This mission is the last heavy bomber operation of 1943. 1943 had been a very "tough" year for the 8th Air Force in the European Theater of Operations (ETO). 23365 B-17s had been despatched on missions and 881 had Failed to Return (FTR) for a loss... -
8th Air Force 174
4 January 1944
The port area of Kiel, Germany and the railroad marshalling yards at Munster, Germany are the Primary targets of this Mission which is organised as two elements: one going to Kiel and the other to Munster. Roger A. Freeman begins to designate aircraft... -
8th Air Force 178
7 January 1944
The industrial areas of Ludwigshaven, Germany are the primary target for this mission. The formation has three elements. The bomber gunners of the entire force claim 30-6-17 of attacking German aircraft. ... -
8th Air Force 182
11 January 1944
Three aviation industry targets in Germany are bombed. The bomber force consists of 291 B-17s despatched from 1st Bomb Division in two elements, one element of 177 B-17s is despatched to Oschersleben, Germany as the primary target, the other 1BD... -
8th Air Force 187
21 January 1944
This mission is directed at 36 V-Weapon sites (34 in the Pas-de-Calaise area and 2 in the Chrebourg area of France) 24 of these are bombed successfully. All three Bomb Divisions participate in the attacks and the bomber gunners claimed 5-1-2 of... -
VIII Bomber Command 191
24 January 1944
The primary target of this mission was the Zukunft power station at Eschweilier, Germany. The mision was composed of 563 bombers three elements from 1BD, 2BD and 3BD. The despatch from 2BD was recalled due to weather before it could take off. Mission... -
8th Air Force 198
29 January 1944
The primary target for this mission was the railroad marshalling yards and industrial areas of Frankfurt, Germany. A combined force of 863 heavy bombers were despatched in three elements to make the attack. The combined bomber gunner claims on enemy... -
8th Air Force 200
30 January 1944
This mission has the aviation industry at Brunswick, Germany as the primary target. The mission is composed of a combined force pf 777 heavy bomber aircraft despatched in three elements: 1st Bomb Division; 2nd Bomb Division and 3rd Bomb Division. The... -
8th Air Force 206
3 February 1944
The port area and Naval facilities at Wilhelmshaven, Germany was the primary target for this mission. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Bomb Divisions all participated. ...
Associated Place
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Knettishall
Military site : airfield
Knettishall was built to Class A standard for an American Bomb Group that would be bringing up to forty heavy bombers with them in three or four Squadrons. The 388th Bomb Group, which stayed at Knettishall for their entire service in the ETO, flew B-17...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Bronx, New York | 11 November 1924 |
| Lived in | Bronx, New York | 30 June 1942 |
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1857 Washington Avenue |
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| Enlisted | New York, New York | 26 October 1942 |
| Died | Bronx, New York | 26 December 1963 |
| Buried | Fairview, New Jersey | 29 December 1963 |
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Mount Moriah Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 09 November 2020 21:41:38 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, highest rank, role, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
| Sources | ||
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171888253/bernard-brooks |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:04:26 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / daughter |
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