Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35486/supplements/1163. Flying Officer Kenneth Campbell, 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. On 6th April 1941 over Brest Harbour, Flying Officer Campbell attacked the German battle-cruiser Gneisenau. He ran the gauntlet of concentrated anti-aircraft fire and launched a torpedo at point-blank range. The ship was severely damaged below the waterline and was obliged to return to the dock whence she had come only the day before. Flying Officer Campbell's aircraft then met a withering wall of flak and crashed into the harbour.
Fold3_Team · 31 Oct 2023
Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35486/supplements/1163. Flying Officer Kenneth Campbell, 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. On 6th April 1941 over Brest Harbour, Flying Officer Campbell attacked the German battle-cruiser Gneisenau. He ran the gauntlet of concentrated anti-aircraft fire and launched a torpedo at point-blank range. The ship was severely damaged below the waterline and was obliged to return to the dock whence she had come only the day before. Flying Officer Campbell's aircraft then met a withering wall of flak and crashed into the harbour.