Hugh Lester Campbell

Air Marshal Hugh Lester Campbell, CBE, CD (July 13, 1908 – May 25, 1987) was a Canadian air marshal in the Royal Canadian Air Force and then a politician for Northwest Territories, Canada.

Career Educated at the University of New Brunswick, Campbell was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1931.

During World War II, Campbell served as the Director of Air Staff at the RCAF Overseas Headquarters. In his capacity as Director, on one occasion, Campbell was inspecting air force units in North Africa when his jeep drove over a mine and Campbell was wounded. Returning to Canada, in January 1944 Campbell was appointed as Assistant to the Chief of the Air Staff at the Royal Canadian Air Force Headquarters in Ottawa. The following April he became Air Member for Personal on promotion to air vice-marshal remaining at Ottawa.

In 1952 Campbell was appointed as the first Air Officer Commanding the Canadian Air Division in Europe.