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...
Lovingly surrounded by his family, Alex passed away very peacefully at his residence in Paris, Ontario, on Wednesday, May 4, 2016. Beloved husband...
Our local library created an entry on the Memory Project featuring Dad's story. The site includes an audio interview with Dad about the events of...
Hi All, Dad phoned tonight to point out that we are approaching a milestone with this thread. Sometime in the near future, total viewings...
D-Day In June of 2008 I recorded a session with Dad talking about the two raids he took part in on D-Day. As with everyone flying on that day,...
Dad's first OP was May 19, 1944. This morning he sent some comments on that first flight into battle. The famous Toppy Topham accompanied him on...
Surprising how new events keep surfacing related to this thread. On his first operational flight dad was accompanied by a veteran pilot, F/S J.B....
Earlier in this thread we mentioned that dad's Lanc was to be named the Adelphi Queen after a pub/hotel he and the crew visited in Glasgow. Last...
JU88 Captured July 13, 1944 The Luftwaffe seemed to have significant success at finding and shooting down allied bombers flying at night. Dad had...
Fred, Regarding the crash site for A2-C, somewhere on this forum Skipper has a map showing the crash site. We do have some artifacts from the...
Fred Wilson asked in an earlier post: "Did LL692 A2-C have a "Nickname" we could enter into the record file?" Talked to Dad last night,...
Hi Fred, Unfortunately Google Videos no longer exists, I have posted the video to youtube here in 3 parts:...
Greetings from Canada, Those of you who have been following this thread will know that my Dad, Alex Campbell, pilot of Lancaster A2-C, was shot...
Someone has created a 514 Squadron FaceBook page. It has some excellent images of Lancasters in flight. https://www.facebook.com/514SquadronRaf...
Video Update This thread started March 9, 2006 when I posted a link to a video about this event. This 30 minute film was created by Doug Harvey...
This thread continues to bring surprises, Dad has often mentioned Sam Dunseith, thanks for posting Don. Sam, Dad and Joe Foreman are in this...
Bonjour Mike, Emotional for all of us, the courage of these young people like Daniel Cogneau, is incredible. There are probably more elderly...
New information about the events of July 28, 1944 (images link at end of message) For those of you who have been following this thread over the...
Mike, thanks so much for posting those images - a memorable trip for my brother and sisters. I will post some more images from the area. Dad...
Dad received an interesting package from Michel who lives in Lutz en Dunois, France. Michel works on the farm where Lancaster A2-C crashed July...