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Sergeant Albert
Simpson - RAFVR |
| FSergeant Albert
Simpson was serving as an Air Gunner on board Lancaster
Mk.III PB636 coded P4-D during an operation to Duisberg
January 22/23, 1945. The
aircraft left Scampton at 1645hrs and failed to return, the
aircraft and crew were lost without a trace.
The crew consisted of:
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Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
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F/L Alan Jones DFC |
RAF |
Pilot |
Stoke Newington,London |
26 |
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Sgt Sydney Strettle James |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Wimbledon, Surrey |
39 |
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F/Sgt Jack McDonell |
RAAF |
Navigator |
Ormond, Victoria, Australia |
20 |
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F/Sgt Charles Cullen |
RAFVR |
Bomb Aimer |
Lincoln |
24 |
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W/O John Edwin Bateup |
RAAF |
W/Op/AG |
Gunning, New South Wales |
22 |
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Sgt Albert Simpson |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
Preston,Lancs. |
24 |
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Sgt Reuben Trafford |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
Scunthorpe, Lincs. |
20 |
Sergeant Albert Simpson was the son of Tom and Agnes
Simpson and husband of Elsie Simpson of Preston. Scunthorpe, Lincs.
Albert and his crew have no known grave and are commemorated on
the Runnymede Memorial. |
Photo
courtesy of the Simpson family, research by Linda Ibrom |
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