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R G SIMPSON — Fleet Air Arm

1947-11-04 · Moray Firth · United Kingdom

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Name: R G SIMPSON
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: F
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 767 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Fulmar
Date of death: 1947-11-04
Aircraft: Firefly Z 2104
Place of death: Moray Firth
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 7
Family details: Son of Robert M and Florence M Simpson of Trowbridge, Wiltshire

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