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SIMPSON A 779
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SIMPSON, Alexander

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number W1113
Markings LQ-G
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Netherlands
Burial/Memorial Place Weststellingwerf (Noordwolde) Protestant Churchyard
Grave Reference Plot G. Row 1. Grave 7..
Epitaph GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS (Bible - John 15:13)
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 241
Enlistment information
Service Number 571779
Service Royal Air Force
Group 4
Squadron 405 (Vancouver)
Trade Flight Engineer
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 29-06-1942
End Date 30-06-1942
Takeoff Station Pocklington
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Bremen. 253 aircraft with Germany reporting extensive damage to Focke-Wulf and the AG Weser U-boat shipyard plus other infrastructure. 11 aircraft lost
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Noordwolde, Holland