Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Second World War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

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Sgt. Albert Simpson

Royal Air Force 153 Squadron

from:Preston

(d.23rd Jan 1945)

My dad Albert Simpson was based at RAF Scampton with No. 153 Squadron who at the time were flying Lancaster bombers. He was was lost on a raid on a synthetic oil refinery in Duisburg on the 22nd/23rd of Jan 1945. 286 Lancasters took part on the mission that night. Bomber command lost only two Lancasters that night one was my dads and the other was his pals.

My Dad was the rear gunner, nothing was ever seen or heard of my dads lancaster again. The other Lancaster was found crashed in Holland with all their bodies being recovered. I don't think we will ever know what happened to my dads Lancaster.



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