LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Stanley Oliver SIMPSON
Service No: 402987
Born: Murwillumbah NSW, 5 December 1912
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 November 1940
Unit: No. 450 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 450 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft AL114), Libya, 5 July 1942, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James Edward and Florence Jane Simpson, of Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Murwillumbah NSW
Remembered: Column 266, Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Lismore Cenotaph, Lismore NSW
On 5 July 1942, Kittyhawk AL114 flown by Flight Sergeant was one of six aircraft detailed to bomb and strafe a forward aerodrome and motor transport concentrations in the El Daba area. The enemy aerodrome was successfully strafed, but while attacking motor transport strong anti-aircraft fire was encountered and AL114 was shot down and Flight Sergeant Simpson killed.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/162/397
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line