John Gilbert Campbell (1919 - 1943)

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Known Children 1.2 Census Records 2 Sources

Biography

John was born October 16, 1919 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was a son of Gilbert Ernest Campbell and Mary Eleanor (Wightman) Campbell of Winnipeg.^[1][2]

He was educated at Isaac Brock and Daniel McIntyre schools in Winnipeg. John was a keen lacrosse player, played hockey with Chalmers United Church team and waas a member of the Y.M.C.A.^[1]

John was employed at Imperial Oil, having trained Brandon, Dauphin, Edmonton and Portage-La-Prairie.^[1]

He married Helen Bernice Anthony on Manitou shortly before enlistment.

On March 8, 1941 he enlisted for military service during World War II and was sent overseas as a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

In 1943, he was attached to the 22nd Overseas Training Unit, a unit formed in April 1941 at RAF Wellesbourne Mountford to train night bomber crews on Vickers Wellington bomber aircraft.^[3] On Feb 13 of that year, he was piloting a Wellington III with 8 other military personnel onboard when it was lost in a crash. All were interred at Stratford-Upon-Avon Cemetery, Warwickshire, United Kingdom.^[4][1]

Full Crew List of RAF HF759:

• Pilot Officer Spencer Hewitt Amys, Navigator
• Sergant Russell Charles Heath Boulton, Navigator
• Sergant John Gilbert Campbell, Navigator
• Warrant Officer Class I Leonard Stanley Carpenter, Pilot
• Flight Sergeant Laurence Michael Fleming, Wireless Operator
• Pilot Officer Michael Stein Jacobs, Navigator
• Sergeant Roy Kennedy, Air Gunner
• Warrant Officer Class II George Andrew Molozzi, Air Observe
• Sergeant Arthur Nathaniel Edward, Pilot

Known Children

• John Gilbert Campbell

Census Records

• 1921 Census, Winnipeg Centre, Manitoba, Canada

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Canadian Virtual War Memorial Entry, Sergeant John Gilbert Campbell
2. ↑ Birth Record, Manitoba Vital Statistics
3. ↑ List of Royal Air Force Operational Training Units, Wikipedia
4. ↑ Aircraft Loss Entry Database, RAFCommands.com