Simpson, Charles Arthur (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-February-20

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Charles Arthur Simpson RCAF

Birth Date: 1923

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Home: Hamilton, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

196 (T) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sic Fidem Servamus Thus we keep faith

Base

RAF Tarrant Rushton

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

R/158722

Home
Google MapHamilton, Ontario
Final Burial
Google MapBrookwood Military Cemetery
44 F 10

196 Squadron RAF (Sic Fidem Servamus) RAF Tarrant Rushton. The crew of Stirling III aircraft EF 468 on approach to land at Tarrant Rushton, crashed at Bussy Stool Farm six miles north of Tarrant, Rushton, Dorset, England. Cause of loss of this aircraft and crew was not established

Warrant Officer Class 1 CA Simpson (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 1 CH Hunter (RCAF), FS PW Sullivan (RCAF), FS RC Lysons (RAFVR), Sergeant DM McCannell (RAFVR) and Sergeant JE Sawford (RAFVR) were all killed.

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Crew or Other Personnel

Stirling EF468

Warrant Officer 1st Class Calvert Hamilton Hunter RCAF

Warrant Officer 1st Class Hunter, Calvert Hamilton (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-February-20
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant Ronald Cecil Lysons RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Lysons, Ronald Cecil (RAFVR)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-February-20
Burntwood (Christchurch) Churchyard, Staffordshire, UK

Sergeant Duncan Malcolm McCannell RAFVR

Sergeant McCannell, Duncan Malcolm (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-February-20
New Kilpatrick Cemetery, Bearsden, Glasgow, UK

Sergeant John Edward Sawford RAFVR

Sergeant Sawford, John Edward (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1944-February-20
Irchester Cemetery, Northamptonshire, UK

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Charles Arthur Simpson RCAF

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Simpson, Charles Arthur (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-February-20
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant Patrick William Sullivan RCAF

Flight Sergeant Sullivan, Patrick William (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-February-20
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, UK