Back SIMPSON James Ian
d. 08 Oct 1943 CWGC
Service Number 155239 (656521)
P/O 31st July 1943. (Gazette Issue 36178 published on the 17 September 1943. Page 3 of 10)
DFM 1st October, 1943. (Gazette Issue 36192 published on the 28 September 1943. Page 4 of 10)
Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
21-Sep-42 P.7000 Sgt J.I. Simpson Scramble 11:20 11:30 Section recalled to base
07-Nov-42 P.7059 Sgt J.I. Simpson Convoy 16:00 17:20 Convoy off Portland. A Hudson was chased and identified.
08-Nov-42 P.6987 Sgt J.I. Simpson Convoy 10:20 11:40 Convoy of important Floating Dock from Needles area towards Portland
20-Nov-42 P.6987 Sgt J.I. Simpson Roadstead Operation 08:45 09:50 F/Lt Warnes led the 4 Whirlibombers on this second all-263 Roadstead Operation. No incident
20-Nov-42 P.6987 Sgt J.I. Simpson Convoy 15:20 15:45 Finding cloud at 100 feet the section returned to base.
26-Nov-42 P.6987 Sgt J.I. Simpson Rhubarb 16:05 17:05  
08-Jan-43 P.7007 Sgt J.I. Simpson Convoy 13:25 14:10 Convoy South of St. Aldhelms Head, going West.
15-Jan-43 P.7007 Sgt J.I. Simpson Air Sea Rescue 16:10 17:40 The second sweep was entirely unsuccessful.
28-Feb-43 P.7115 Sgt J.I. Simpson 10 Group Circus 17 14:40 15:40 Attack on Maupertus. The veteran dive-bombers of “A” Flight went in for the third time.
07-Mar-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson Convoy 15:05 16:20 Patrol off St. Davids. Large Convoy.
12-Mar-43 P.7117 Sgt J.I. Simpson Patrol 19:20 20:10 Dusk Patrol
19-Mar-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson 10 Group Roadstead 52 18:10 19:10 The large convoy which had been reported South of Guernsey could not be located in thick black haze in the Channel Island area.
21-Mar-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson 10 Group Night Rhubarb No. 23 (Morlaix Viaduct) 00:05 01:30 Bombed from 1200 ft. through moderate flak.
22-Mar-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson 10 Group Night Rhubarb No. 24 00:05 01:30 Bombed from 3000-1000ft. Accurate flak all calibres.
23-Mar-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson 10 Group Night Rhubarb No. 25 (Ponthou Viaduct) 01:05 02:20 Target not found. Bombs jettisoned in sea.
26-Mar-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson Rhubarb Operation 15:05 15:50 Intending to attack targets in the Carentan area they found no cloud cover whatever 20 miles North of Carentan and returned to base.
04-Apr-43 P.7007 Sgt J.I. Simpson Roadstead Operation 07:40 08:45 Swept the Alderney – Cap de la Hague area at zero feet, in quest for E Boats reported there, but none was found
06-Apr-43 P.6995 Sgt J.I. Simpson 10 Group Circus 20 18:27 20:12 These Whirlibombers were intended to form a second bombing wave to the Typhoon bombers which had bombed Caen/Caupiquet aerodrome an hour before. However they found 9/10 cloud at Ouistreham at 8000 feet and the operation was abandoned.
09-Apr-43 P.6979 Sgt J.I. Simpson 10 Group Roadstead 55 12:50 14:30 Swept the Sept Iles – Ile de Batz area for shipping reported there, as often, ship-like rocks were found.
14-Apr-43 P.7059 Sgt J.I. Simpson 10 Group Roadstead 57 15:30 17:05 Shipping was reported in the Lannil Is estuaries. By chance, landfall was made too far south and F/O Harvey inadvertently led into the area off Raie de Brest and thereby found three ships.
16-Apr-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson Bomb Mondeville Industries (Night) 22:41 00:14 Attacking the primary target from 2,000 feet in a 30º dive, he saw bursts in the target area. Mod. flak.
17-Apr-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson Night Armed Shipping Reccos and Rhubarbs 23:04 00:15 He reccod the La Haye du Puits area, but finding no target, returned with bombs.
18-Apr-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson Escorted Armed Dusk Recco 20:20 21:25 Reccod the Channel Islands area at zero feet in good visibility, but found no shipping there.
19-Apr-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson Night Roadstead 01:55 03:15  
21-Apr-43 P.7089 Sgt J.I. Simpson Night Roadstead 02:00 03:40 The Channel Islands convoy which F/O Coyne had attacked was sought for, but not found. It had probably berthed in Alderney.
27-Apr-43 P.7007 Sgt J.I. Simpson 10 Group Roadstead 59 16:35 17:50 Attack on convoy of 9 ships S. of Jersey.
28-Apr-43 P.7059 Sgt J.I. Simpson 10 Group Roadstead 60 10:15 12:50 Attack on convoy of 8 ships N. of Sept Isles
28-Apr-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson 10 Group Roadstead 62 14:22 15:45 This operation did not find the depleted convoy in its estimated position south of Jersey.
29-Apr-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson 10 Group Roadstead 63 13:10   Attack on shipping near Isigny. Found to be fishing vessels
11-May-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson Ship Recco 13:00 14:20 Uneventful recco south of Jersey
14-May-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson Roadstead 67 21:00 21:45 Attack on two destroyers alongside the Quai Maritime alternatively a medium M/V in the Basin Napoleon in Cherbourg docks
15-May-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson Night Roadstead 2 02:05 04:30 Attack on convoy off Barfleur. S/L Warnes and Sgt Simpson couldn't find it. F/Lt Holmes bombed one ship of it but did not see whether he hit it (Cat 4). F/Lt Blackshaw returned to orbit Exeter, Harrowbeer and Exeter again, without lights or R/T and then crashed fatally near Exeter.
16-May-43 P.7059 Sgt J.I. Simpson Escorted Armed Recco     Escorted armed recco recalled because of a failure of R/T reception
16-May-43 P.7040 Sgt J.I. Simpson Night Recco 23:20 00:25 Uneventful night recco of Channel Is: area
18-May-43 P.7089 Sgt J.I. Simpson Roadstead 18:50 20:20 No minesweepers were found in their suspected position between Jersey and Brehat.
03-Aug-43 P.7012 F/Sgt J.I. Simpson 10 Group Circus 19:57 21:15 These 8 Whirlibombers divebombed Brest Guipavas aerodrome
12-Aug-43 P.7012 F/Sgt J.I. Simpson Night Shipping Recco 23:10 00:25 These two night shipping reccos were standard types of the August moon period
15-Aug-43 P.7097 F/Sgt J.I. Simpson Scramble     The section was variously vectored at 10,000 to 15,000 feet seawards of Swanage and Portland but did not see the enemy.
17-Aug-43 P.7113 F/Sgt J.I. Simpson Night Recco 22:00 23:05 The pilots found nothing remarkable other than more mysterious flares N. of BARFLEUR
23-Aug-43 P.7098 F/Sgt J.I. Simpson Convoy 09:10 10:40 Escort of convoy Swanage to Needles
16-Sep-43 P.7098 F/Sgt J.I. Simpson Night Armed Ship Recco 22:15 23:15 These pilots took off in pairs to recco the Cap de la Hague – Isigny and Channel Islands shipping lanes.
18-Sep-43 P.7098 F/Sgt J.I. Simpson Night Ranger Operation 01:26 03:20 Chatanooga Choo-Choo. Bombed line W. of Plouaret
08-Oct-43 P.7047 P/O J.I. Simpson Night Shipping Recco 22:20 23:35 S/Ldr Baker found P/O Heaton's ship off Cap de la Hague and bombed it from mast height without seeing more than indistinct explosions. Remaining aircraft RTB. P/O Simpson KiA