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Discussion in 'Honor, Service and Valor' started by E. Campbell, Mar 9, 2006.

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Nothing new there I'm afraid, but thanks anyway.

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982 replies, 117,380 views - given that NO ONE that drops in here is counted a second time on Invision Power forums... drop in guest visitors included from what I know.

Does ANY other WW2 forum thread ANYWHERE on the net top this one? I think not. Chock a block with information too.
You need to set aside an entire month to re-read it top to bottom...

Kuddos E. Wayne and Alex Campbell

Hey Skipper - do us proud and start working from the beginning replacing the broken image urls you provided. K?
Damned, damned good stuff lost to us. Your work here has been the best of the best.
- Must count in the thousands by now. Sorry chum. Wish list stuff for me. Sounds like restoring our old forum image galleries, particularly with working urls is not in the realm of reality.

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Hello All,

Flt-Lieut. E. A. Campbell has Gone for a Burton.

I am posting on Dad’s account this morning with some sad news. Dad passed away at 6:00 this morning.
surrounded by family.

You have all been following the story of this extraordinary life on this forum. What a remarkable 10 year journey it has been - tracking down Johannes Strassner, finding the villages and people who played a role in the events of July 28, 1944, and as a result of this forum, members of our family actually met some of those courageous French men and women who sheltered Dad and his crew. This whole story can be found in the entries on this forum.

My Brother in Law John commented that dad is now with the rest of his crew sitting at the bar enjoying a British ale.

Thank you to all who have played a role in revealing the events and characters in this remarkable story.

I’m sure there will be more.

The Campbell Family

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I am so sorry to hear this news. Please accept my condolences. As others will undoubtedly agree, it has been our privilege to have your father as a member here.

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to remember that sacrifice, and offer some sacrifice for themselves if Freedom is threatened.
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Thank you letting us know of Mr. Campbell's passing. I enjoyed reading his story here in the forum.

What a grand man he was.

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This is very sad news. I have always enjoyed talking to Alex and I will dearly miss our discussions. My son will be very sad too. He still has his picture proudly displayed on his wall. He has friends sleeping over for his birthday party , so I will only tell him when they are gone later today. I will always remember Alex as an example for all of us. He and Hazel being together after all those years and having lived such a tremendous life is the image we"ll keep on this side of the ocean. Today the forum has lost one of his true heroes. Condolences to the family

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My condolences for your sad loss.

Regards,

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E.A.Campbell said:

Hello All,

Flt-Lieut. E. A. Campbell has Gone for a Burton.

I am posting on Dad’s account this morning with some sad news. Dad passed away at 6:00 this morning.
surrounded by family.

You have all been following the story of this extraordinary life on this forum. What a remarkable 10 year journey it has been - tracking down Johannes Strassner, finding the villages and people who played a role in the events of July 28, 1944, and as a result of this forum, members of our family actually met some of those courageous French men and women who sheltered Dad and his crew. This whole story can be found in the entries on this forum.

My Brother in Law John commented that dad is now with the rest of his crew sitting at the bar enjoying a British ale.

Thank you to all who have played a role in revealing the events and characters in this remarkable story.

I’m sure there will be more.

The Campbell Family
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Grim news, though thank you so much for passing it on.
I hope his family and friends are proud of him, and holding up well.

Alex will certainly be missed around here as a lucid, friendly and informative chap who contributed much to the memory of the Bomber Boys while also entertaining many of us who can only have barely an inkling of what his WW2 experiences must have been like. Still... at least we now have more of an insight after his generous presence.

Sincere condolences to you all, and I hope he's enjoying that beer.
~Adam.

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Sad news, indeed. Condolences to his family. I enjoyed reading his posts, as did many of our members.

Lou

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Rest in Peace Sir

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E.A.Campbell said:

Flt-Lieut. E. A. Campbell has Gone for a Burton.

I am posting on Dad’s account this morning with some sad news. Dad passed away at 6:00 this morning.
surrounded by family.
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Sorry to read that, condolences to you and your family.

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Oh, my...Very sad.
A great loss. Peace to Mr Campbell and his family.
The apples do not fall far from the tree.
Love.

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A terrible loss.

Thank you so much for letting us know, he means a tonne to so many of us.

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My deepest condolences to his family and friends. I am so glad that knowledge of he and his crew's exploits live on here. My deepest regards.

Regards, Michelle

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Fred Wilson said:

ORBs for LL692 JI-A - W/O CE Williams. 10th June 1944. Weather: Cloudy and dull with some rain.

Non-Operational Flying: Air Tests were carried out.

Operational Flying: BOMBING – DREUX.

19 aircraft were detailed to bomb the primary target at DREUX and all took off successfully.
Each aircraft carried a bomb load of 16 x 500 GP and 2 x 500 LD. All landed at Base on completion of their duty.
Weather was clear with some haze. Target well marked. Green TIs at first slightly to NE of target, yellows at 0101/2, white at 0103.
Master Bomber corrected bombing in each case but there was much RT interference. Large orange flash was seen at 0056 hours.
Large explosion at 0100 and 0110 hours and good fires. Generally the attack was considered good. Flak was negligible and there were no searchlights.
There was much fighter activity. One ME109 was claimed as damaged by Lanc ‘D’.

F/S RD Pick in LL666, JI-D reported: Bomb load 16 x 500 GP, 2 x 500 LD. Primary target: DREUX.
Bombed as instructed by Master Bomber at 0056½ hours from 6000 feet.
Many bomb bursts near TIs seen and smoke at end of yards. Weather clear, generally quiet trip.

F/S CF Prowles in DS816, JI-O reported: Bomb load 16 x 500 GP, 2 x 500 LD. Primary target: DREUX.
Bombed to starboard of green T.I.s as instructed by Master Bomber at 0100 hours from 6000 feet.
Bombs seen to burst across yards. No trouble experienced. Weather clear with slight haze.

W/O CE Williams in LL692, JI-A reported: Had combat with enemy aircraft.

F/S JM Whitwood in LL734, JI-G reported: Unidentified S/E aircraft claimed as destroyed.

Combat Report: At 0106 hours in position 48.45 N. - 00.49 E.
Rear Gunner saw an unidentified S/E (Suspected Enemy) aircraft almost dead astern slightly to starboard at a range of 200 yards and immediately opened fire with a 2 second burst.
M/U Gunner followed almost immediately with a 2 second burst. Rear Gunner then gave order to corkscrew to starboard and both Gunners continued to fire during this manoeuvre.
E/A was temporarily lost in corkscrew and Lancaster had just resumed course when both Gunners and W/Op saw a ball of fire astern which fell rapidly to the ground and burst.

M.U. Gunner – F/O Chapman – 150 rounds.
Rear Gunner – Sgt. Rirch – Not Listed – (Approx 300 rounds – based on 2 sec. Burst)

F/S CS Johnson in LL677, A2-E reported: An Me410 claimed as destroyed.

Combat Report: At 0109 hours in position 48.42 N. - 00.50 E.
Rear Gunner reported another Lancaster on the starboard beam level at a distance of 300 yards and being attacked by an ME-410 and warned Captain to stand by to corkscrew to starboard.
Rear Gunner at the same time opened fire at E/A which immediately turned to attack Lancaster ‘E2’ from starboard quarter level.
As E/A closed in Rear Gunner fired almost continuously and at range of 250 yards E/A also opened fire, the trace passing under nose of Lancaster.
While E/A was firing its port engine was seen to catch fire but it still continued to attack on curve of pursuit.
At this stage Mid Upper Gunner got in 2 short bursts.
When E/A had come in dead astern and below Lancaster, Rear Gunner got in another long and accurate burst and E/A became enveloped in flames and started to fall.
On hitting the ground (position logged by Navigator at 48.42 N. 00.47 E) E/A was seen to explode by several members of the crew and by other crews in the bomber stream.
The E/A is claimed as definitely destroyed.

M.U. Gunner – F/S. Poud – 100 rounds.
Rear Gunner – F/S. Dymott – 600 rounds

Combat Report: DS795, A2-J. At 0109 hours in position 48.49 N – 0037E.
Rear Gunner reported JU-88 on the starboard quarter (very fine) below at a range of 500 yards and immediately gave order to corkscrew to starboard.
On commencement of corkscrew, E/A and Rear Gunner opened fire simultaneously at a range of about 400 yards and Lancaster was hit on starboard flap and wing-tip and the starboard tyre.
E/A only fired one short burst but Rear Gunner continued to fire with a long burst of 5 seconds, though no hits were observed.
Finally E/A was lost to view in the corkscrew and the breakaway was not seen.
The Mid Upper Gunner was unable to see E/A, being dazzled by trace and subsequently unsighted.
No casualties were sustained by the crew of Lancaster.

M.U. Gunner – F/S Acaster. – Nil.
Rear Gunner – W/O Reid. - 400 rounds.

Target: Dreux Railway Facilities
Aircraft deployed total: 432
514 Squadron: 19
Aircraft lost total: 15
514 Squadron: Nil.

Comments: Multiple targets were again on for operations tonight. The attacks were primarily on railway infrastructure at various locations.
‘Nachtjagd War Diaries’ states that a Ju88, one Me410, one Bf110 and ‘two Bf109s’ were claimed as destroyed by bomber gunners with five other unspecified night fighters claimed as possibly shot down or damaged.

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I received an email 10 October 2016 providing the following email concerning this post. Adding it here for search indexing purposes.

"Hi I have just been looking at your forum and I have noticed in an article posted 13/3/2014 an name error.

It quotes F/S C S Johnson. In fact it is Charles James Johnson (my father). In LL677 A2-E report and ME410 claims as destroyed. It was and for this action he and F/S Dymott and I am quite sure that F/S Poud were awarded the DFM.

Kind regards"

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I received an email regarding F/S C S Johnson (who might be Charles James Johnson misidentified) who is mentioned in the post quoted here. Updating as the user did not register but I wanted to included the info for other researchers.

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May I add my sincere condolences to the Campbell family on their grievous loss.

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We are posting with more sad news, Wayne Campbell passed away just 5 months after his father did.

We just wanted to update you all here because we know how much Wayne and Alex enjoyed interacting on this forum.

- The Campbell family

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Thank you for letting us know about Wayne's passing. It has certainly been a double blow for your family, to be sure. The loss earlier of one of our other members, Fred Wilson, makes this news even more poignant.

Freedom is precious and many gave their lives for it. It is the duty of the future generation
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This is tough news. I can't believe I am so impacted by the passing of people I only met on this site. Their good nature was more than strong enough to break through this ephemeral internet barrier.

Tough, tough news.

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What terrible news indeed. Wayne was so young! Thank you for letting us know about this .

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