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Military service
Service number:
J/5309
Age:
24
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
51 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
November 8, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
3. F. 6.
Additional information
Son of William Edward and Ethel Lillian (nee Stewart) Simpson, of Edmonton, Alberta. Brother of Lenna Lilley,
Norah Kathleen "Kay", William Stewart "Bill" and Jocelyn Ruth.
Pilot Officer Simpson is commemorated on the West Vancouver Memorial Arch, East Plinth; he is commemorated in the Second World War Book of Remembrance displayed in the West Vancouver Library; on the West Vancouver United Church World War Two Honour Roll. He is also commemorated on Canada's Bomber Command Memorial at the Bomber Command Museum in Nanton, Alberta. The Government of British Columbia named Simpson Lake in memory of David Albert Simpson.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
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Newspaper Clipping
Source: Globe and Mail November 11, 1941 -
Photo of John Fiddes and David Albert Simpson
John Fiddes and Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson, 30 May 1941. -
Photo of David Albert Simpson
Pilot Officer David Albert "Bert" Simpson. Permission from Tom Taylor from his book Glimpses, World War II West Vancouver". -
Group Photo
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Reverse side of Group photo
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Photo of David Albert Simpson
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Group Photo
Presentation of Silk & Barbed Wire to Lenna Manly -
Silk & Barbed Wire
Story of the crash told by the sole survivor Brian Walley, page 80 in the book "Silk & Barbed Wire" is available at the West Vancouver Memorial Library. ISBN 0 9585961 1 5. -
Family Photo
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Reverse side of Family Photo
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Photo of David Albert Simpson
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Memorial Photo
The crew of Z9130 - Montage created by Martyn, 51 Squadron History Association, UK -
West Vancouver United Church Honour Roll
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Memorial Arch
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Inscription
Inscription on the Memorial Arch. -
Book of Remembrance
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Inscription on Nanton Memorial
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Simpson Lake Certificate
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Grave Marker
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Photo of DAVID ALBERT SIMPSON
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Edmonton Bulletin c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Edmonton Bulletin c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Edmonton Bulletin March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Province c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 44 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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