Jack Randolph Campbell
MilitaryPilot F-5 Lightning 42-12775, 13th PRS, 7th PRG, 8th AF, lost on photo recon mission from Mount Farm to Antwerp, missing 4th April 1943 near Antwerp, Belgium, presumed down in the North Sea. MIA/KIA. MACR 15.
Possibly the plane was shot down over the North Sea by Fw.Edwin Roden of 4./JG1.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
![Photographic officers of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group look through camera lenses infront of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Esten Illustrated.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 8 Jul 1943.' [stamp] and '273528.' [Censor no.]. A printed caption was previously attached to the reverse, however this has been removed.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380976.jpg.webp?itok=b-IRYuYJ)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 April 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Died |
North Sea | 5 April 1943 | Lost on photo recon mission from Mount Farm to Antwerp, missing 4th April 1943 near Antwerp, Belgium, presumed down in the North Sea. MIA/KIA. MACR 15. |
| Kane County, Illinois | |||
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Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England. | |
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Other Assigned |
RAF Mount Farm Dorchester, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 7PG, UK | Assigned 13th PRS, 7th PRG, 8th AF. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 30-Jun-2015. Made connection to mission wihtin existing website data; Added Commemorated event per American Battle Monumnets Commission (ABMC) Records; MACR 15.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=15 MACR bare bones.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=15 MACR Details.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p.99, ABMC