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Name: J B SIMPSON
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 842 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Fencer
Date of death: 1943-10-07
Aircraft: Swordfish HS 623, coded 'H'
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 7
Family details: Son of James and Eileen R Simpson of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 842 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Fencer
Date of death: 1943-10-07
Aircraft: Swordfish HS 623, coded 'H'
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 7
Family details: Son of James and Eileen R Simpson of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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