Captain Colin "Lynn" Roudolph Campbell (1896–1918) was a Canadian military aviator during the First World War.
Early life Lynn Campbell was born June 10, 1896, in Chicago, Illinois.Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. His father was an American, Newton Campbell, and his mother, Mary Ford Campbell, was British-Canadian. 1900 United States Federal Census. Year: 1900; Census Place: Columbia Ward 3, Richland, South Carolina; Roll: 1539; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0088 Lynn spent much of his early childhood in South Carolina, before moving with his family to Hamilton, Ontario at the age of 14. He worked as an electrician in Hamilton from June 1915 to May 1917.UK, RAF Officer Service Records, 1918-1919. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives
World War I Campbell joined the Royal Flying from Toronto on May 19, 1917.UK, Royal Air Force Airmens' Service Records, 1918-1940, p. 180, File Number: 650 He destroyed 3 enemy aircraft and sent 4 out of control while flying Bristol F.2 Fighters in the No. 62 Squadron RAF. He was shot down and killed on October 9, 1918, over France. Initially reported as missing, he was eventually confirmed dead, and buried in Preseau.
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