Post by trx850 on May 8, 2010 21:05:53 GMT 12
Another veteran has gone.
SIMPSON William John. QSO, DFC, Wing Commander RAF NZ413899. Passed away 30 April, 2010 at Auckland Hospital.
From the NZ Herald.
Bomber veteran dies
5:00 AM Tuesday May 4, 2010
Bill Simpson, the man who founded the New Zealand branch of the RAF Bomber Command Association and had a major hand in the restoration of the Lancaster at Auckland's Museum of Transport and Technology, has died in Auckland, aged 86.
Mr Simpson was a Mosquito pilot in 109 Squadron, a pathfinder unit, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in December 1945.
Pete M.
SIMPSON William John. QSO, DFC, Wing Commander RAF NZ413899. Passed away 30 April, 2010 at Auckland Hospital.
From the NZ Herald.
Bomber veteran dies
5:00 AM Tuesday May 4, 2010
Bill Simpson, the man who founded the New Zealand branch of the RAF Bomber Command Association and had a major hand in the restoration of the Lancaster at Auckland's Museum of Transport and Technology, has died in Auckland, aged 86.
Mr Simpson was a Mosquito pilot in 109 Squadron, a pathfinder unit, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in December 1945.
Pete M.