F/L WILLIAM GAVIN CAMPBELL
and the
CREW OF LANCASTER KB 879
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Lancaster KB879 #428 Ghost Squadron USQUE AD FINEM "To The Very End" The crew of Lancaster aircraft # KB 879 were engaged on a cross-country exercise when they crashed at Sandon, Staffordshire, England. F/L. W.G. Campbell, WO2 T.D. Lawley, Sgt. J.H. Kay, FS.s S. Berryman, J.L. Tweedy, E.J. Wright and FS W.G. Ward (RAF) were all killed. |
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM GAVIN F/L(P) J21450//R119766
From Strathclair, Manitoba.
Killed Apr. 30/45 age 23
#428 Ghost Squadron (Usque Ad Finem)
Flight Lieutenant Pilot Campbell is buried in the
Blacon Cemetery, Chester, Cheshire, England.
LAWLEY, THOMAS DANIEL WO2(WAG) R214612
From Hamilton, Ontario
Killed Apr. 30/45
#428 Ghost Squadron (Usque Ad Finem).
Warrant Officer Class II Wireless Operator Air Gunner Lawley is
buried in the
Blacon Cemetery, Cheshire, England.
KAY, JOHN HENRY SGT(N) R142448
From Calgary, Alberta
Killed Apr. 30/45 age 26
# 428 Ghost Squadron (Usque Ad Finem)
Sergeant Navigator Kay is buried in the
Blacon Cemetery, Chester, Cheshire, England.
BERRYMAN, STUART FS(BA) R186388
From Hamilton, Ontario
Killed Apr. 30/45 age 23
#428 Ghost Squadron (For Freedom)
Flight Sergeant Bomb Aimer Berryman is buried in the
Blacon Cemetery, Chester, Cheshire, England.
TWEEDY, JOHN LESTER FS(AG) R286646
From Lougheed, Alberta
Killed Apr. 30/45 age 19
#428 Ghost Squadron (Usque Ad Finem)
Flight Sergeant Air Gunner Lester is buried in the
Blacon Cemetery, Chester, Cheshire, England.
WRIGHT, EDWARD JAMES FS(AG) R287664
From Winnipeg, Manitoba
Killed Apr. 30/45 age 16
#428 Ghost Squadron (Usque Ad Finem)
Flight Sergeant Air Gunner Wright is buried in the
Blacon Cemetery, Chester, Cheshire, England.
WARD, WALTER GRAHAM FS (Engineer) RAF 1567245
Flt Sgt (Engineer) Walter Graham
Flight Sergeant Engineer Ward is buried in the
Shawfield Cemetery in Selkirk, grave 2009 section H.
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Flight Lieutenant WILLIAM GAVIN CAMPBELL 428 Sqdn., Royal Canadian Air Force who died aged 23 on Monday, 30th April 1945. Flight Lieutenant CAMPBELL was the son of John M. Campbell and Katherine E. Campbell, of Strathclair, Manitoba, Canada. Sec Remembered with honour CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY, Cheshire, United Kingdom. In the perpetual care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
HIGH
FLIGHT
Oh! I have slipped the
surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on
laughter-silvered wings,
Sunward I've climbed, and
joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and
done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of
- wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence.
Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting
wind along, and flung
My eager craft through
footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious
burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept
heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even
eagle flew.
And, while silent, lifting
mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity
of space,
Put out my hand, and touched
the face of God.
Pilot Officer Gillespie
Magee No 412 squadron, RCAF
Killed 11 December 1941
Through adversities we'll
conquer.
Blase into the stars,
A trail of glory
We'll live on land and
sea
'til victory is won.
Men in blue the skies are
winging
In each heart one thought
is ringing.
Fight for the right,
God is our might,
We shall be free.
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