Murdoch WIlliam Campbell
Military
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UPL 48581
Major Murdoch W. Campbell
Pilot
416th BG - 671st BS - 9th AF
Pilot
416th BG - 671st BS - 9th AF
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33181528
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38396306
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-748012
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier/Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Irish
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Out Helln
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Holey Joe
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chicago, Illinois | 30 July 1914 | |
Other First 416th BG Combat Mission |
Poix Airfield, France | 3 March 1944 | |
Other Shot Down/Captured |
Forges-les-Eaux, France | 6 June 1944 | Two box leader's planes, Maj. Meng's and Maj. Campbell's, were hit even before they reached the target. ... Maj. Campbell was unable to make it. As the crews reported it, he kept his plane under control and appeared to make a normal landing in an open field in France. With him were Lt. William H. Palin, S/Sgt. Harold R. Hatch, and S/Sgt. James B. Thompson. |
Other POW |
Moosburg, Germany | 15 June 1944 | Stalag 7A (dates are approximate) |
Died |
Norfolk, Virginia | 15 August 1981 | |
Buried |
19 August 1981 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Plot Section 13 Site 14374 |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
http://www.416th.com/missions/LoadingList.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57849696/murdoch-w-campbell
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2345/images/40014_1821…
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9278/images/43006_1720…
https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/resu…
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?dt=466&sc=1167…