Simpson, Arthur Lorne

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-04-07

Birth Date: unkown date

Born:

James Arthur Lorne Simpson & Sarah Jane Fry

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Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAF

Unit

81 RS Lincoln Lincolnshire England (RFC)

Base

Lincoln England

Rank

Lieutenant

Position

Lieutenant

Service Numbers

First Burial
Google MapProspect Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario
1918-04-07: Simpson stalled in attempting to clear a hedge in a forced landing due to engine failure; and nose-dived into the ground. He died of his injuries suffered in the crash.Simpson was engaged to Miss Dorothy Coozans of Epsom, whom he met in 1915 when he arrived in England.

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Lieutenant Simpson, Arthur Lorne (RAF)
pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1918-April-07
Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sopwith Dolphin

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The Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin was a British fighter aircraft manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It was used by the Royal Flying Corps and its successor, the Royal Air Force, during the First World War. The Dolphin entered service on the Western Front in early 1918 and proved to be a formidable fighter. The aircraft was not retained in the postwar inventory and was retired shortly after the war.

No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron, which operated Dolphins along with S.E.5as, Sopwith Snipes, and captured Fokker D.VIIs, was disbanded on 28 January 1920. Although retired from Canadian Air Force service, a small number of Dolphins were sent back to Canada.Wikipedia

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