DAMBUSTERS Simpson, James Stevenson

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Simpson ​

• FORENAME

James Stevenson ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F. ​

• RANK

Flight Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

630257 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th September 1943 ​

• AGE

23 ​

• GRAVESITE

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany Coll.grave 26.D.14-15 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 8.9.1920 Bo'ness,West Lothian​

son of Charles and Janet Simpson,Bo'ness,West Lothian​

husband of Jane B. Simpson,Bo'ness,West Lothian​

apprentice slater and plasterer in civilian life​

RAF 1939​

Cardington 5.1.1939​

2 E&EWS 24.3.1939​

9 Squadron 10.9.1939​

Farnborough 29.9.1939​

HQ CFF 7.10.1939​

50 Wing 10.10.1939​

loaned to Army​

France (Dunkirk May 1940)​

613 Squadron 10.10.1940​

2 Signal School 9.1.1942​

4 Air School 16.4.1942​

8 AGS 1.5.1942​

19 OTU 16.6.1942​

10 OTU 16.11.1942​

1660 CU 5.1.1943​

57 Squadron 7.2.1943​

617 Squadron 10.4.1943​

wireless operator​

Lancaster JA874​

Ladbergen (Dortmund-Ems Kanal)​

believed hit by flak and crashed near Bramsche,Germany​