Military
He entered the service on 30 December 1942 from Portland, Maine. He enlisted as a private; he had two years of high school education, was single, without dependents and his civilian occupation was listed as: “Unskilled lumbermen, raftsmen, and woodchoppers”.
Francis was identified in the 814th MAES Enlisted Personnel picture from Bowman Field, Kentucky.
T/3 Campbell was listed on the orders we have as participating in two 437th TCG resupply and air evacuation flights: 24 June 1944 and 26 August 1944.
We also found a record of his being on an Air Transport Command (ATC) trans-Atlantic evacuation flight in May 1944.
Group
Constituted as the 437th Troop Carrier Group on 15 April 1943, it was activated on 01 May 1943 in Dunnellon, FL. They trained with C-46 and C-47 aircraft for duty overseas with the Ninth Air Force. They moved to England during January and February of...
Military site : airfield
Planned as an RAF operational training station, Ramsbury was allocated while under construction to the Eighth Air Force as a transport base. Built during 1942, it had eventually three concrete runways, 28 pan and 24 loop hardstandings, and two T2...
Military site : airfield
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Born | 28 September 1915 | |
| Died | 3 May 1958 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2020 09:23:31 | jaxticotribute | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations and place associations |
| Sources | ||
The Story of Air Evacuation |
||
