SIMPSON, STUART EDWARD Rank: Flight Sergeant Trade: W.Op./Air Gnr. Service No: 421995 Date of Death: 19/11/1943 Age: 23 Regiment/Service: Royal New Zealand Air Force 90 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Grave Reference: Coll. grave 20. A. 28-31. Cemetery: RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of James Wensley Simpson and Mercy Grace Simpson, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2032774/SIMPSON,%20STUART%20EDWARD
Details of the above loss.... 18-19 November 1943 90 Squadron Stirling III EH996 WP-H Op. Mannheim Took off from Wratting Common at 1710 hours. Crashed at Fussgonheim some 10 km west south west of Ludwigshafen. Crew. F/L. L A. Smith RAAF + F/S. J S S. Fleming RNZAF + Sgt. E. Northard. pow Sgt. J W. Snook + F/O. J. Hampton + F/S. S E. Simpson RNZAF + Sgt. D R. Bailey + Sgt. J W. Richardson + Source - RAF Bomber Command Losses Vol.4 - W R. Chorley. Note. During the course of 1943, Bomber Command attacked Mannheim on 14 occasions. 2556 aircraft were dispatched with 2300 attacking the target (Naval, Industry, Transport, Oil) 117 aircraft were missing.
