Basic Details
Surname
Campbell
Forenames
P D
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Peter Duncan
Served or died
Died
Notes
Peter Duncan Campbell was born in Plymouth on 26 June 1923, the elder son of Commander John Campbell and Maude (née Lobb). He was educated at Imperial Service College, Windsor (now part of Haileybury) from 1937 to 1941, and entered Worcester College on 24 April 1941 as a cadet on an RAF short course.
While training with the RAF at No. 4 Flying training School at Mesa Arizona, Leading Aircraftsman Peter Campbell was severely injured in a plane crash on 6 January 1942, and died in hospital the following day, aged 18.
Peter Campbell is buried at Mesa City Cemetery, Arizona, USA, and is commemorated on the war memorials at Imperial Service College and at Worcester College, Oxford.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
United States of America
Country of burial
United States of America
Town of burial
Mesa City, Arizona
Cemetery
Cemetery
Year of death
1942
Month of death
January
Day of death
6
Age at death
18
Manner of death reference
Other