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Personal info

Full name
CAMPBELL, Charles Ralph
Date of birth
25 December 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Buley, Cassia County, Idaho
Hometown
Rupert, Minidoka County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
O-710442
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
725th Bombardment Squadron,
451st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 December 1944
Place of death
Near Győr, Hungary

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 32 10

Immediate family

Members
Charles N. Campbell (father)
Rhoda (Randell) Campbell (mother)
Elvira L. Campbell (sister)
Maxine C. Campbell (sister)
Gladys C. Campbell (sister)
Fern E. Campbell (sister)
Clarence R. Campbell (brother)
David D. Campbell (brother)
Lavar R. Campbell (brother)
Dorothy D. Campbell (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
44-10629
Data
Type: B-24J
Destination: Vienna, Austria
Mission: Bombing of the Matzleindorf railroad station
MACR: 10367

More information

1st Lt Charles R. Campbell attended before he joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Provo, Utah on 29 October 1942.

Sgt James R. Hite:
I, James R. Hite was the tailgunner of a B-24 liberator aircraft which flew in the fourth position of the formation on 11 December 1944, with B-24 liberator aircraft number 44-10629, piloted by 1st Lt Charles R. Campbell. After dropping our bombs, we continued to follow Lt Campbell's ship. When he turned to the right, we followed since he had made no signs whatsoever of aborting. Later I saw one chute emerge from his ship. After this aircraft was lost from my view I noticed two additional chutes below us, but I can't be sure they were from the subject aircraft.

2nd Lt David Davis:
I was last crew member to see him alive, he was still in the pilot's seat when I bailed out. He received a neck injury. Blood gushed from nose and mouth.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com - ES Campbell, http://aircrewremembered.com/USAAFCombatOperations/Dec.44.html
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Joan Morrison Payne