Hi, Would anyone have a photo of W.Op/AG Douglas Noel Campbell (1345600), resting in the Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery (Plot 69. Row. C Coll. Grave 19.). Thanks in advance Dave
I cant take credit for this myself, but it is available on Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/fgdvcappellen/sets/72157604853464100/)
Hi Dave, if you are lucky you might find a photo in the Glasgow Herald archives at Google, link below(with him being the son of Glasgow parents) http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19140810&b_mode=2 The only down side is you would have to search it page by page. It hasn't been digitised as far as I know. Deaths, Missing In Action, POW etc are reported there daily on the front page in amongst the Birth, Marriage etc column. But you might not turn up anything. I don't know if you have had a look at the Scotlandspeople website, but his death appears to be recorded in the Minor Records section. What further information it might reveal other than that already available at the CWGC website I don't know. It's not very expensive to purchase credits to view it. Good luck and fingers crossed somebody can provide an image for you. Cheers - Maria
Sgt D N. Campbell lost 11-12 June 1943 on a raid to Düsseldorf. 12 Squadron Lancaster I ED357 PH-S Crew Sgt. D. McN. Thomson RAAF + Sgt. J L. Osborne + Sgt. K. Bowes + Sgt. W M. Ward + Sgt. D N. Campbell + Sgt. W T. Pingle RCAF pow Sgt. C W A. Sparling RCAF pow
RAAF FATALITIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR AMONG RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS 409256 Flight Sergeant THOMSON, Daniel McNicol Source: AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 166/39/87 Commonwealth War Graves records W R Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, Page 174 Volume 1943. : Aircraft Type: Lancaster Serial number: ED 357 Radio call sign: PH – S Unit: ATTD 12 SQN RAF Summary: Lancaster ED357 took off from RAF Wickenby at 2240 hours on the night of 11/12th June 1943 to bomb Dusseldorf, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base. Crew: RAAF 409256 Flt Sgt D McN Thomson, Captain (Pilot) + RAF Sgt J L Osborne, (Flight Engineer) + RAF Sgt K Bowes, (Navigator) + RAF Sgt W M Ward, (Bomb Aimer) + RAF Sgt D N Campbell; (Wireless Air Gunner) + RCAF Sgt W T Pingle, (Mid Upper Gunner) POW RCAF Sgt C W A Sparling (Rear Gunner) POW It was later established that the aircraft crashed into the Ijsselmeer in an area known as the Oosteelijk-Flevoland polder, near Dronten, Netherlands. Five of the crew were killed and Sgt Pingle and Sparling were POW’s. Sgt Sparling later stated “ The aircraft was shot down over the Zuyder Zee and the crew baled out into the water. I heard the crew calling for help during the night and when I was picked up the next morning there was no trace of the others. As far as I can ascertain Thompson must have been drowned. A 3 hours search found no trace.” Flt Sgt Thomson and Sgt’s Osborne, Ward and Campbell are buried in the Amsterdam New Eastern cemetery, Locality Noordr-Holland, Netherlands. The cemetery is in the south-eastern district of Amsterdam in Kruislaan, a road in the Wsatergraafsmeer area of the city. Sgt Bowes has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Memorial to the Missing, Runnymede, Surrey, UK A propeller from the aircraft now stands in front of the town hall at Dronten, where an Air Gunners parade is held each year.
Dear all, I am looking for information and possibly a photograph of William Middleton Ward, one of the airmen on board. I am working with a history teacher in Edinburgh on a documentery about William Ward to show to the Dutch and Scottish audience.
