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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.
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Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
Source: Globe and Mail November 11, 1941
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Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
John Fiddes and Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson, 30 May 1941.
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Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
Pilot Officer David Albert "Bert" Simpson.
Permission from Tom Taylor from his book Glimpses, World War II West Vancouver".
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
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Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
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Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
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Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
Presentation of Silk & Barbed Wire to Lenna Manly
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
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.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
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Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
The crew of Z9130 - Montage created by Martyn, 51 Squadron History
Association, UK
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
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Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
Inscription on the Memorial Arch.
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Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
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Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
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Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
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Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
From the Edmonton Bulletin c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
From the Edmonton Bulletin c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
From the Edmonton Bulletin March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson
From the Vancouver Province c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Source: Globe and Mail November 11, 1941
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John Fiddes and Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson, 30 May 1941.
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Pilot Officer David Albert "Bert" Simpson. Permission from Tom Taylor from his book Glimpses, World War II West Vancouver".
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Presentation of Silk & Barbed Wire to Lenna Manly
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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.
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The crew of Z9130 - Montage created by Martyn, 51 Squadron History Association, UK
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Inscription on the Memorial Arch.
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From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer David Albert Simpson is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Edmonton Bulletin c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Edmonton Bulletin c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Edmonton Bulletin March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Vancouver Province c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Commemorated on:
Page 44 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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SAGE WAR CEMETERY Germany
Sage is a village 24 km south of Oldenburg, a town 43 km west of Bremen and 28 km north of the main road from Bremen to Holland. The cemetery lies 2 km south of the village on the west side of the road to Osnabruck.
From the A1 Bremen/Munster motorway visitors should leave at the Wildeshousen Nord junction and take 213 following signs for Alhorn and Oldenburg. After 8 km and immediately after the village of Alhorn turn right at the roundabout and follow signs for Oldenburg along the Oldenburgerstrasse. The cemetery lies on the left hand side of the road 4 km from Alhorn.
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