Notes
Met Office adds: Born 9 February 1919 died 28 October 1944. Alastair was accepted for training as Meteorological Aircraft Observer (MAO) in late 1943. On 8 October 1944 521 Squadron was tasked with flying a special meteorological reconnaissance sortie to a position near Stavanger in southern Norway. The weather near Norway was known to be poor and the flight was to confirm whether conditions would be suitable for a Beaufighter strike against a convoy expected in the area at dawn. The crew chosen was one of the most experienced in the Squadron and included Campbell, who was,
by this time, the squadron’s MAO leader. The aircraft took off at 0100 and was never heard from again, nor was any wreckage found.