Charles O Campbell
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Shared with the American Air Museum by Peter Saunders, one of the founding members of the Friends of Leiston Airfield: http://www.friendsofleistonairfield.co.uk/
Object Number - UPL 26773 - Flying Officer Charles O. Campbell, 357th Fighter Group
Assigned to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in a training accident in P-51B 43-6999
Structural failure caused wing to detach, crashed Middleton, Nth of Leiston. 17-Aug-44.
Awards: 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-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Desert Rat
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Offutt AFB, NE, USA | 21 January 1942 | Fort Crook Nebraska |
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Based |
Leiston | 11 August 1944 - 17 August 1944 | Assigned to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died Killed in action |
Leiston IP16, UK | 17 August 1944 | Killed in a training accident in P-51B 43-6999. Structural failure caused wing to detach, crashed Middleton, Nth of Leiston. 17-Aug-44. |
| Rock Island County, IL, USA | |||
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Born |
Nebraska, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
