View Memorial Site here
Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force 420502 (Pilot under training)
Posting on Death: 2 Operational Training Unit.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Wirraway A20-69; Place - Mildura, Victoria; Date - 6 January 1942.
Crashed 17 Miles From Mildura When Flying in Cloud During an Instrument Training Flight
The crew of Wirraway A20-69 were:
CURTIS, Victor Farley - (Flying Officer) - 400039
SIMPKINS William – (Sergeant) – 420502.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Sydney NSW, also William Graham Simpkins's name is located at panel 113 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Frederick Gladstone Simpkins and Isabel Wilson Simpkins, of Mosman, New South Wales.
Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force 420502 (Pilot under training)
Posting on Death: 2 Operational Training Unit.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Wirraway A20-69; Place - Mildura, Victoria; Date - 6 January 1942.
Crashed 17 Miles From Mildura When Flying in Cloud During an Instrument Training Flight
The crew of Wirraway A20-69 were:
CURTIS, Victor Farley - (Flying Officer) - 400039
SIMPKINS William – (Sergeant) – 420502.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Sydney NSW, also William Graham Simpkins's name is located at panel 113 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Frederick Gladstone Simpkins and Isabel Wilson Simpkins, of Mosman, New South Wales.
View Memorial Site here
Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force 420502 (Pilot under training)
Posting on Death: 2 Operational Training Unit.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Wirraway A20-69; Place - Mildura, Victoria; Date - 6 January 1942.
Crashed 17 Miles From Mildura When Flying in Cloud During an Instrument Training Flight
The crew of Wirraway A20-69 were:
CURTIS, Victor Farley - (Flying Officer) - 400039
SIMPKINS William – (Sergeant) – 420502.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Sydney NSW, also William Graham Simpkins's name is located at panel 113 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Frederick Gladstone Simpkins and Isabel Wilson Simpkins, of Mosman, New South Wales.
Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force 420502 (Pilot under training)
Posting on Death: 2 Operational Training Unit.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Wirraway A20-69; Place - Mildura, Victoria; Date - 6 January 1942.
Crashed 17 Miles From Mildura When Flying in Cloud During an Instrument Training Flight
The crew of Wirraway A20-69 were:
CURTIS, Victor Farley - (Flying Officer) - 400039
SIMPKINS William – (Sergeant) – 420502.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Sydney NSW, also William Graham Simpkins's name is located at panel 113 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Frederick Gladstone Simpkins and Isabel Wilson Simpkins, of Mosman, New South Wales.
Inscription
420502 Sergeant
W.G. Simpkins
Royal Australian Air Force
6th January 1943 Age 19
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