Napier, Matthew Simpson (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1943-February-05
Birth Date: 1923-December-18
Born: Newton, Scotland
Parents: Son of James Hamilton Napier and Mima Simpson Napier, of Sandwich, Ontario.
Spouse:
Home: Windsor, Ontario
Enlistment: Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment Date: 1941-July-25
Service
RCAF
Unit
50 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sic Fidem Servamus Thus we keep faith
Base
RAF Skellingthorpe
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/114490
Windsor, Ontario
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Lancaster ED527
Mission
Lancaster Mk.I/III ED527
Bombing Turin Italy 1943-February-05 to 1943-February-05
50 (B) Sqn (RAF) Skellingthorpe
188 aircraft - 77 Lancasters - 55 Halifaxes - 50 Stirlings - 6 Wellingtons - 3 Lancasters lost.
156 aircraft reached and bombed Turinn, causing serious and widespread damage. The brief local report states that 29 people were killed and 53 injured. source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
50 Squadron (From Defence To Attack). Target - Turin, Italy. Lancaster aircraft ED 527 crashed north-east of Fez, near Ajnoul at Taza, French Morocco.Warrant Officer L.A. Cumming, Sergeant M.S. Napier and four of the crew, not Canadians, were also killedLancaster ED527 Mk.I/III - Bombing Turin Italy - 1943-02-05 to 1943-02-05
Squadron: 50 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1943-02-05
Completion Date: 1943-02-05
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Turin Italy
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Base: Skellingthorpe
Take Off Time: 18.25
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Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
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188 aircraft - 77 Lancasters - 55 Halifaxes - 50 Stirlings - 6 Wellingtons - 3 Lancasters lost.
156 aircraft reached and bombed Turinn, causing serious and widespread damage. The brief local report states that 29 people were killed and 53 injured. source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
50 Squadron (From Defence To Attack). Target - Turin, Italy. Lancaster aircraft ED 527 crashed north-east of Fez, near Ajnoul at Taza, French Morocco.Warrant Officer L.A. Cumming, Sergeant M.S. Napier and four of the crew, not Canadians, were also killed