Monuments
Project Sonnie B-24 (43-30619) Crash Memorial (Flygmonumentet)
USAAF Mass Grave Memorial -WW2 Project Sonnie
ISOB Captain Thomas C. Campbell, USAAF -Project Sonnie
Thomas Colin Campbell came from Genesee County, New York. He was flying with 389th Bombgroup, 566th Bomb Squadron from January 1943 to February 1944, when he did his 25th and last regular mission. He joined, among others, the famous raid against the oil refineries in Ploesti. Most missions were with the pilot Ben Walsh in the B-24 The Little Gramper. He died in the crash of a B-24 over Alingsås, Sweden.
Beloved son of TC Campbell, Sr and Anna Dooman Campbell, brother of Jean Campbell Carman.
Graduate of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in Engineering.
US Army Air Corp WWII, Purple Heart Award.
There is an article about the plane crash in Sweden October 20, 1944 on http://flygmonumentet.langared.se/avhandling.htm
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